On the morning of March 19th we planned to leave bright and early for our trip. I had packed all the bags and gotten everything set out that I could think of. We had three sick kids at the time and I was wondering whether we should be going at all. Matthew ended up having a very rough night at work and had to sleep so by the time he woke and we had things ready to go we were pretty worried about Kayla and Zachary's health. They both had high fevers and seemed to be coughing really bady. Our plans changed as plans often do. We took the kids to the Prompt care on West main only to be told that the wait was a minimum of 2.5 hours if no one else came in with a worse problem and to try the other urgent care in our network. So we called them and while it was twice the copay to go the time for being seen was considerably less. We were in and out of the building in about an hour and a half. Not bad in my opinion. The kids lungs were fine and they gave them some more tylenol and motrin and called it good. Feeling relieved for the children but discouraged about the day that was quickly closing we left for our trip and drove as long as we could before we were overtaken by sleepiness. We stopped about 4am at a little motel and all piled into one room. Poor Z slept on the floor in a sleeping bag (I know it grossed me out too!) and the girls all piled into one bed while Matthew and I and the baby slept in the other. It worked out well enough because we woke later that morning, felt much better and got back on our way about 9am. We arrived to Abby and Alex's house just before dinner. We thought we would be later but forgot that they live in a different time zone haha! It was wonderful to see her and the boys and to finally see her home and just get aquainted with her life as an adult woman. We really enjoyed seeing how established and comfortable she was in her space. After having a nice dinner and enjoying a good visit we headed off to bed. It was a sweet set up too! We had our own half bath and the room was large enough that with a little creativity everyone had somewhere soft to sleep. The next day was stormy and yet we didn't mind after so many hours in the van. It was nice to just sleep in (atleast we felt like we were sleeping in really well with that hour difference lol) and lounge about visiting and drinking coffee...ok I drank coffee and we all visited. Their church was cancelled that evening because of the storms and so we ended up hanging out. Zachary had a fever for the first few days of the trip and alot of cough syrup was given at night. I ended up sick but thankfully I was not nearly as bad off as the kids when they were at their worst.
On Thursday, I believe it was, we went to the Zoo. It was a very nice one! We were able to see so many animals that we had never seen before at the many different places we have been through the years. We all had our favorites mine was the bird that looked like it had a giant candycorn on it's head! hahaha!
Friday, we went to the USS KIDD and walked through the ship and enjoyed the bits of history in the museum. I didn't get a chance to look as much as I would have liked because at that point I was miserable with head congestion and Z was being wild (shocker haha!) anyways, Zachary enjoyed the ship and the big guns and the cots in the sleeping quarters. It was pretty neat but tight and all I could think of was how miserable it must be to be on there with a bunch of other people for months on end...some more pics? :)
It is probably a little wrong to take pics of babies with guns but I did...they were very excited about them. Mostly I think because they don't think about guns shooting people and don't really understand...for me it was a sad and bittersweet type of experience to walk through and see all the deadly weapons. The favorite parts by far were the cots and the kitchens and bathrooms for some reason LOL! We loved being able to explore those areas.
Somehow I missed Matthew and Kayla getting in to try them out. I did have to laugh when Matthew said he could sleep in one easy. That man can sleep just about anywhere if he needs to. LOL! I on the other hand do not sleep well normally if I am not in my own element.
OK the rest of the trip will have to be written about in the next post...
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