14 hours is just too long

I’m getting ready to do a little (or a LONG) recap of our amazing weekend on Jekyll Island, Georgia, but first must address something.

I will NEVER do a 14 + car ride with my family again.

I joked about being a cruise directoron the way down.  We took a leisurely 2 days to get to our destination.  However, the captain (AKA my husband!) decided we NEEDED to power through and get home yesterday.  And, for some reason, he figured it was reasonable to expect the 2 and 4 year olds (and his mom) to ‘hold it’ instead of stopping to go to the bathroom.

Clearly that is not an option. Clearly. CLEARLY.  And yet, there was exaggerated sighing and eye rolling every time a small person said, “I gotta go potty.”

And, of course, there was the vomiting incident.  Poor little guy. And the 30 minute detour we took to find a place to clean him up.

And, it certainly doesn’t help your pace when your husband gets pulled over for speeding. The kind Highway Patrol officer gave us, I mean him, a warning.  (I think he could smell the vomit).

We began our journey at 10am and arrived home at 12:30am. My legs are still adjusting to life on the outside.

The good news: I finished an ENTIRE book – and it was a great one: The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan.  I fell like Kelly and I could be friends.  The book was that good.

Be back soon with wedding details and pictures!

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  • http://sixgoldencoins.blogspot.com/ Elizabeth

    Woo hoo! You finished it! And so fast, like you said you would. Isn’t it JUST.AWESOME. ???

  • Danielle

    It was soooooo good. I could relate to so much about her. So many emotions and thought we have in common :) Hope you had a great weekend!

  • http://happyarewe.wordpress.com stacey @ tree, root, and twig

    When we lived in Oregon, we did the Portland to San Fransisco drive at least once a year, and we usually clocked in at 12-14 hours. It can be quite painful to the nerves! :) Glad you’re home and all is well!

  • http://www.savinginstyle.blogspot.com Jamie

    Jekyll Island is our favorite place to vacation! It’s great when you have young children – my four year old loves it! Not too crowded, nice and quiet. We love renting the red bugs and getting ice cream at night – of course, it’s only 8 hours for us! So calm and peaceful!! Unless you have strep throat for the first two days and have to drive back to ER room on “the mainland” for the first part of your trip – then it’s not so much fun. Of course, that was just once…I have great luck – haha! :)

  • http://themommyrambles.blogspot.com Alexia

    Not wanting to stop is insane – what was he thinking? Glad you made it back!