Happy Easter in Heaven, sweetie!
We woke up this morning in Santee, SC, and I gave the kids their Easter bags, stuffed animals with three Cadbury eggs (still haven't been able to get weaned off them!). Each of the places we've eaten in have had continental breakfasts so we haven't eaten ANY of the stuff Billy so thoughtfully packed. Well, he's been eating the eggs and the kids have been drinking the sodas. After breakfast the kids put on their suits and went swimming for a while and I washed clothes and dried them. We checked out before noon and were on our way to Kingsland, Georgia. It was the shortest trip so far and the easiest to drive. We did get a little screwed up in terms of FINDING the hotel. The computer directions were so way wrong! I kind of double-backed another way, found Rt. 40, which was an alternate way to get back on 95. As we got to the insection to get back on 95, I saw all the hotels and restaurants around and kiddingly said, oh, watch, this is where we're supposed to be ... and ya know what? IT WAS!!!!! So we turned around and came back.
Kids can be awfully self-centered, ya know? Billy was miffed that the jacuzzi/hot tub wasn't hot and seemed to be more like a baby pool. He was also annoyed that the gym was closed. Kristin was hinting about wanting to go into the pool ... even after a downpour, when we were returning from dinner. And Billy and Heidi, Billy and Kristin, and Heidi and Kristin have been at each other constantly. It really is discouraging. We went to a nice diner and Heidi had a real puss on. Teenagers!
I had the kids going for a couple of times and I got them good, lol. Billy has a stuffed white bunny that fell into a muddy pool of water. When I came back with some of the laundry, he asked if I washed the bunny and I said no, it wouldn't fit in the machine, that the hole for the clothes was so small I could only get the clothes in by rolling them up in a ball. Heidi asked skeptically how the bunny got white again and I said, I ran it under a sink and they finally caught on.
The other time was when I checked in here. Now, we'd already been lost about a half hour and so the kids were anxious to get to the hot tub and jacuzzi. I got back in the car and told the kids the hotel was overbooked and we had to go to another hotel ten miles away. The kids started hollering and carryingon and I was just laughing!
It was a mean thing to do, I guess, but it's fun to fool them like that. I guess this is paybacks for what they do to me. So tomorrow we'll be in Orlando, stopping at that Visitor Center to sign in for that 90 minutes spiel and then checking into the Radisson.
Wonder what that will be like?
Already we've begun to see exotic trees...cypress (I think that's what they are) and palm trees here in Georgia. There's lots of rivers and creeks too. Some of these creeks look like rivers and some of the rivers look like creeks! Doesn't make much sense to me.
It's hard to believe we're actually going to be going to Disney World...didn't think that would happen. It'll be fun to see Universal Studios and SeaWorld too. Just hope the kids aren't too much of a pain in my butt.
Well, sweetie, I'm going to put the laptop away and will tell you about my day tomorrow. I guess you'll be seeing it with us...I'm really sure that you are with us, my love,
love you,
Me