MOUNTAIN BROOK, AL — Sisters, fall break is officially here. The children are out of school all week, which means we finally have time to get some real work done.
To keep everyone connected, we’ve created a shared spreadsheet called “Fall Break Locations + Availability (MANDATORY).” Please add where you are, your time zone, your flight number and the cell number of whoever is watching your children. Eleven of you have filled it out. The rest of you know who you are, and so does the spreadsheet.
Here’s where the sisterhood will be this week:
- Blakely is in Highlands, North Carolina, “unplugging,” with three group chats pinned and a ring light.
- Tinsley is at Rosemary Beach, running Hospitality from a cabana. She has already rearranged the cabana.
- Kinsley is in Aspen. It isn’t ski season. She just likes the light.
- Margaux flew to Sedona for a one-day silent wellness retreat and has already texted the group 64 times. She’ll be home Tuesday to run Beckett’s fall break schedule.
- Mitzi and the Grammas are at the club, which they consider travel.
- Chad and Bryce are on a “dads-only fall break,” which is a CrossFit competition in Huntsville. The children are with the moms. The moms are on trips. We’re working on it.
Becca and her family drove to Gulf Shores. Blakely kindly mentioned that Gulf Shores is “so fun for a different kind of family,” and Becca said, “It is.” Then she sent the group a photo of the biggest sandcastle any of us have ever seen. We asked who built it. She said, “My kids.” We’re looking into it.
The children, for their part, are reportedly having the best week of their lives: sleeping in, pajamas until noon, pancakes for dinner. Kinsley’s son Ellis asked if every week could be fall break. She told him that isn’t how the calendar works. He said, “It should be.” Such a natural leader.
A few housekeeping notes. Fall Festival Planning Meeting #11 is still on for Friday, October 9, by video. Pool, cabana and porch backgrounds are all fine. Approved fall-foliage virtual backgrounds will be emailed Thursday.
UPDATE: Margaux has broken her silence to ask whether the retreat’s vow of silence “applies to the group chat.” It does not.