Its rediculous how much I have to write about and how much I need to do to this blog. I have been avoiding the 4 P's all weekend!! Lets see, where to start...
well, I am 26 now!! Man my butt is getting O-L-D!!! Brian surprised me with being able to leave a day early for the vacation last week, and at 7:30ish we made the choice to clean the house and leave in the morning for Florida...on my bday!! We ended up leaving at 4:33am...after waking at 4:15 and I am greatful we did. I am pretty night blind but cant handle being in a side seat in the corolla so I have to drive, and I was SOO happy when at 6:15 daylight started to break and I could see well finally!!
The kids did AMAZING on the way down, even though Laci slept very little once awakened at 4:30. And she barely cried at all! We had lots of toys and snacks on hand and for the few whiney moments I had my trusty MP3 player to help me out!!
We got in around 12:30 after about 15 stops, lol, and I was pleased with the time I made as well as the trip itself. And I wasnt so tired as I slept all night.
Laci decided ON my birthday to take off walking permanently and never look back to crawling...she hasnt crawled since she got to my Aunts house on my birthday! Go Laci!! Finally!
The trip was insanely long and for the most part pleasant. I think we could have cut it short by a day or tow for the betterment of the kids, but we waited and then on the way home from Chow Wang with Brian and the kids after the big family dinner we again made the choice to leave in the wee hours of the morning instead of waiting til checkout....when I was having a nap at my home at 1pm on friday I was again OH so happy with our choice.
I also made a new discovery this last week. After 26 years of kicking and screaming and ranting about Daytona being my "home"....I sadly and bittersweetly made the realization that that has changed. Georgia (mostly marietta/atlanta) is my home. Its where I started my family, and where I have most of my sweetest memories. I think all these years I have wanted to move back "home" to escape my sad childhood memories and fears of things returning that its been more of a safe haven than a home to me. But my home is right here, right here on old osmanthus way...my home is in my home...and wherever we go, wherever we end up as a family, THAT is my home. And Georgia is now more full of good thoughts than bad and I have accepted my home. Daytona, I will never forget you, thanks for the 26 years of holding my hand and pointing me in the right direction. :) But we all know...There's no place like home...and although I miss my family in daytona terribly that it pains my heart...I am so happy to be home again.
The vacation was filled with love and laughter, hundereds of pictures, BBQs, and hot spot outings, shopping with grandma, breakfast with grandpa, fishing with christopher, and pool time with everyone. There was SO much that happened that I could take all night re-visiting it all. The kids liked the Splash Park the most, me and brian had an interesting time of sleeping apart with one with each kid every night and never would have imagined the king bed in a separate bedroom would have been handed over to the 16 month old! We had one rushed lunch before our "curse" kicked in (and yes, its a curse...EVERYTIME we have EVER tried to go out something happens and requires us cutting things short and getting home,...yet again that happended! but you guys gave it a great shot! Thanks Aunt Chrissy and Uncle Mike!!), we did however enjoy just having time as a family of 4. This has been a very long very night break from reality and stress for us and we all reconnected. I have fallen in love with my husband all over again...and it feels great!
The drive home was ok. Not horrible, not as nice as coming down...but we made GREAT time and was home an hour before I had planned. It was so great to be home....and off that friggin highway! I got a pounding headache and became pretty sick to my stomach by about 575 and 75. I came home and needed to slug around the rest of the day just to not feel like hurling. 11 hours of sleep later and saturday I was up and ready to go!!
The weekend was a blur. I was working on my yard within 3 hours of getting home when I got some strength back, and Brian got the whole yard mowed and weed eated the first day as well. Saturday was spent grocery shopping and running errands and going to the library with Topher. Topher also got a new pair of school shoes and a new bookbag (his first ever!! ...my pack-rat-ism is twitching inside me) and all his school supplies, and I bought loads of healthy goodies for myself!
Tomorrow starts my new morning routine of waking at 5am and going for a walk/jog in the wee hours to get my day started healthier and to help with my weight loss. I didnt buy a scale this weekend but I will get one next weekend for sure...for now I have to use old unreliable bessie, ugh. Anyhow, more on that and all tomorrow.
For now, I am off to bath and bed! :)
Hope you all had a lovely week and didnt miss me too much!!
Love you all!
Mama P :)
**muah!!**
1 comment:
#1. Cute background.
#2. I'm glad you guys had a safe trip there and back.
You'll have to try to post up some pics. Don't forget to try, Picasca.
Did you get my e-mail?
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