Whew!

Well, we made it to our timeshare condo in Orlando, Florida for our summer family vacation.
Because we are owners here, when we drove through the front gate last night the guard said "Welcome Home". Okay--I know its cheesy. But it felt good to me.

As I am writing this it is Sunday morning. We left home Friday afternoon at 3pm--later than we'd hoped. And for that we paid the price. It took us nearly 3 hours just to get to Richmond. As a consequence, we did not make it as far as we'd liked before stopping for the night. Bob had wanted us to get to South Carolina, but by 10 pm we'd only made Fayetteville, NC--one our north of the border. But we had to stop. We were all tired.

Yesterday we left Fayetteville at 10 am and didn't check in here at the hotel until around 8pm. That's a LONG day in the car. And though everyone did fairly well, the baby had HAD it with his car seat and spend most of the last 90 minutes crying for no reason other than he wanted OUT. If you've ever been trapped in a small space with a crying baby for 90 minutes, you know its not exactly conducive to a good attitude. So, by the time we got here we were pretty much dish rags--emotionally and physically. When we checked in they had a HUGE movie screen set up at the main pool and were about to do a DIVE IN movie. Connor didn't even ask to go. That should tell you how out of it he was.

The big boys are sleeping together for the trip so the don't get awakened for nighttime feedings. We'll see how that goes. Bob hasn't slept with Connor for years for good reason--the boy is a tornado. Each morning his sheets are a tangled mess. I'm thinking this won't be good. But we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Today we're laying low. Going to the pool right outside our balcony, getting groceries, and generally zoning out. We need it. Overally, I'd still do the drive to save the $1500 we would have spent on airfare and a rental car for two weeks. But it wasn't easy. And I just sat there. Bob did all the driving. For that, he deserves a big kiss and I'm gonna give him one as soon as he wakes up.