i'll add photos later, i promise. we got to tennessee safe and sound late sunday afternoon... the kids did marvellously on the trip down! we left our house about 3.45 am, and i was SO wrong in my brilliant assumption that the kids would just fall back asleep once we got going. ha! they were bright-eyed and adorable for hours before madison finally conked out for an hour and a half. it wasn't till they'd polished off their sippy-cups of diluted apple juice and an entire package of graham crackers and we'd long passed chicago, though. cole dozed once the whole trip... and it was for MAYBE an hour, tops. there were a few minor outbursts, but they were short-lived and easily resolved. oh- and the best time to travel through chicago? sunday mid-morning. it was a breeze.
i'd hoped to take the kids to the pool yesterday, but it was rainy. we took a walk out in the new stroller we decided to get (and yes, we're selling the other one, sadly. i love it, but we thought that if we're going to be doing some travelling, a stroller that's made with off-roading in mind might be a better idea)... ran into a creepy immigrant that attempted to get me to follow him into the roadside brush. i'm quite certain that the only thing that really saved me from some serious damage was the kids. oh, and then on our (my) frantic rush back to the hotel, we got caught in a downpour. so, soaked and happy to be safe and sound, we stayed in our room until kelvin got home from work. even though the immigrant and his little fruit cart dealie-o left shortly after his you-know-what attempt, i didn't feel safe leaving the confines of our room. even today, i'm hesitant. maybe once the kids finish their cheerios and get bored with the cartoons, we'll venture on down and test the waters.
it's my hope that they'll love the pool so much that they'll spend some time there with daddy this afternoon so i can catch up on blogging.
finally.
anyway- we're here and it's beautiful... :)
2 comments:
If you felt that threatened...if you happen to see him again, you should call the police. You never know what he'll do if he's that creepy to the next woman who happens by without kids in tow.
he's long gone, and i didn't think about it till a few hours later, but i should have called 911 and reported an illegal, possibly intoxicated immigrant attempting possible assault. just didn't cross my mind (i DID have my phone on me, obviously!)... i was more concerned with getting back to our room. hopefully after this weekend we can get a good deal on a better hotel somewhere... this place is a dive. but better than nothing, i guess! :)
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