I have taken the kids (my two plus their friends) on a mini vacation. We left at 7 am this morning to go towards Knoxville to the Wilderness Lodge that has the indoor and outdoor water park. I SOOOOO have needed a getaway....I have worked hard these last few weeks in my business...and while it is very rewarding to work hard at something I love and believe in, it is very rewarding to have fun away from it. So me and 4 kids are off to the water parks. I call it Redneck Central, cuz everyone here has at LEAST 1 tattoo and they aren't little discreet ones. These here tats, they are freakin murals painted across arms, backs, legs, and whatnot. And I always feel skinny, cuz most of the women-folk here in their bikinis, really shouldn't be. I love to people watch and I have gotten quite a chuckle or two here watching these people play. It was a blast today. At first, I let them play and have fun at first while I sipped on my margarita, read, texted....
But I had a blast riding the slides with them, and racing my son down the lazy river....and winning all times......Not a very fair race though....After all, I do have very strong legs after 6 months of boot camp! There is nothing like the joy in the eyes of your children when you play with them. I drank it in and relished every moment of it. Studying their eyes, and facial expressions of joy. I am fascinated with that right now. Eyes are windows to what you feel in your heart. Their hearts and mine were full of joy today.....
Then the snafoos began happening. By the time we got back to our room, and all 5 of us changed, showered (one bathroom), and were ready to walk out the door for dinner, we were starving! We realized, Jaxson (Tripp's friend) had decided to play with the safe, and put his only pair of shoes in it....AFTER I told him to not put anything in the safe for the reason I am about to disclose. He locked his shoes in there and couldn't get them out. If my eyes are reflecting my heart about now, their aint much joy...because, I cannot take him to TGI Friday's barefoot! So we are waitin a whole 30 more minutes to get maintenance up here to get them out. No big deal. Dinner is a little delayed, but we made it work and moved on. I did give Jaxson a stern word about obeying my instructions next time.
Well, now listen to this....fiasco number two hits. As we are hunkerin down to watch a movie and have popped two bags of popcorn in the microwave, my Lily burns the third....BAD....I mean, like stink up the entire hotel floor bad. We are waving at the air with towels, pillows, and whatever else we can find....with the door open to the hall...Tripp's refusing to come in for the stink. Jaxson is dying and yelling, "I can't breathe and my eyes hurt...and I can't sleep in here!" My self-control kicks in and I maintain my positive nature, but man did I just wanna kill Lily. I mean, we had the window opened, the air blastin, and the kids in the hall refusing to come in cuz they can't breathe and their eyes are watering. All I am thinking is that I sure hope I don't get dinged for this smell in the room. Wonder what my heart looked like then! I finally coaxed them all in...wheezin and coughin, and tearing up. "just keep fanning the air!" I vigilantly say. "Its gettin better right?" I then ask...hoping and praying it does...
We settled in again, microwaved off limits...and are hunkered down for a movie now. But dear sweet Lord, I pray for once that bad things DONT happen in threes. Say a prayer for me if you think about it.
We are really having fun so don't get me wrong. I love this.
Peace out!
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