Ok yesterday being uneventful only led to today being a little more eventful. Wake up 8:00.....continential breakfast delivery ........my job. UMM HMM........there I stand making waffles........so much for vacation. Delivery......everyone happy....husband gone. Yeah making his own waffles and going to eat them on his own leisure. Gotta love the man. Pool time, everyone enjoying the water and the heat of the sun so the morning is going quite smoothly. Then......packing up. Yeah the dreaded getting organized time in our lives. Jeff is out at the van organizing and I am left with the kids.............about that time here comes Kennedy doing the whole need to catch my breathe screaming deal..........yeah hand in the door. First thing that runs through my head is Oklahoma City Emergency Room..........you have the picture don't you? Yeah well........4 stitches later......a little motrin.........and later......a little tylenol with codine (can I use that for everyone?) The doctor said two things that are pretty indictive of my world........"She screams like a Husker fan" and "She is a pretty tough little girl"..... umm hmm she has a sister and brother both 2 yeara older than her, she has to be. Ole brother Jackson might have helped Kennedy earn the first stitches in this family, and I am quite sure that it won't be the last.
So yeah onward again. Everyone slept this afternoon, those might have been the most quiet 100 miles that we will see in this trip.....made a phone call home to my mom and I told her we ended up in the ER and Kennedy has 4 stitches.....she was bawling. Great guilt at it's best...because no one and I mean NO ONE can guilt me like she does. Of course she is convinced that there is no superivision going on in my house at any given time........she is great. Amazing how she has forgotten.......and I have scars of many places that should have had stitches and didn't. Of course there are also the wounds that I wouldn't have shown her at the time I did them either......that is a whole other point.
We stopped to play at another Playland this afternoon...........closed................AWESOME. Jackson continued to scream like a girl laying on the floor for what seemed like an eternity. We go back to the van and of course Kennedy has done her duty so we are looking for a new diaper. Unpacking, repacking.........seriously we should be more organized. I was throwing stuff out of the vehicle left and right and I saw a vehicle pull up behind me.......I ignored them. I really don't care what else goes on around me at this point. I see them pull out and then pull up to the back of the vehicle......I go around to the other side and continue to pull out other items we no longer need..........and then note they are talking to Jeff and Jeff has stopped what he is doing to talk to them. All of a sudden..... I hear them saying some sob story. I turn around, and quickly assess the situation, standing in 105 degree heat with Kennedy the 36 pound wonder, and two other kids running around the vehicle. Here is a newer than mine Explorer, a lady with much more fashion than I have, all of her teeth, husband, clean vehicle..............and yeah..........here goes the tude..........another thing I packed just in case. I looked at them, looked at Jeff who happens to be the world's largest guppy..........and I state "You know what we all have our problems, I am sorry for whatever is going on in your life........but no we aren't helping you. I am sorry we are just trying to make it for ourselves, we have three kids, we have our own bills..........sorry you will have to go on somewhere else thank you and have a great day." UMM HMM..........now the idea of a bullet sticking into my head just came around............no.........even better they gave me the ole " God Bless You and your children, Mam." Yeah great. God on their side. He must have helped them out a lot in about 40 feet as they went through McDonald's drive thru. Then I stuck a hole in my styrofoam cup..........pop everywhere. We drove off and I am ranting and raving to Jeff about the whole situation and I hear Delaney say something dropped out of the vehicle...........yeah her cup..........God was paying me back pretty quickly I guess for being sharp tongued...........gotta love it.
So after a detour not being able to find the hotel, we finally got here. Checked in, had a great visit with the lady at the front desk, once again reframing me to believe that God puts people in your life at the right time, and we are ready to go swimming. We unpack and the kids rush into the room to check things out, and pretty soon Jackson is carrying around a coffee pot. Yeah great Jeff says and then goes and tells him to make coffee. Which........of course he does..........and Delaney gets burned. Jackson once again.....just helping out. That was at 8:30....Miss Drama Queen just fell asleep now.........we have had two runs for ice........I have refilled her cold ice water cup every 10 minutes for the last 3 hours.................I think she is sleeping. I calmed her a little playing with her hair and she suddenly looks at me and tells me she loves me........that is what it is all about. If you don't have that, you don't have much. Jeff went off about how dramatic she is.......and I just reminded him maybe not everyone has the same pain tolerance his wife does!!! Point made. She may have gotten a little of the expressiveness from me I will admit. We always know what Delaney is thinking and feeling. Watch out world. She also was telling me what each cloud in the sky looked like today. She is very creative.
Jackson also got Jeff tonight............great story. We had some beer chillin in the sink with some ice and water.........and Jeff went to put on his swimming trunks. Can't find them. Tells me that Jackson had them...........well they were chillin too! Classic. Jackson does the whole sqealing thing.......and onward. I am sure he will get me tomorrow......and the day after that ..........and the day after that. I just hope we survive the rest of this trip without anymore ER hopping.
Happy trails...........
Kennedy is doing fine too........I told Jackson not to squeal in the vehicle today and about that time she lets out this huge squeal......looks at Jackson and laughs...........the whole belly laugh type of laugh..............great! I think I have met my match.
Shamu tomorrow............think he is ready for us?
