As you read this we are on our way to Cape May...three grown teens/twenties, that I had to get up at the crack-of-dawn...d*mn DH...he's a la-dee-dah 'morning person'...'early start' and all that cr*p. It's like walking up to the gorilla cages while they're sleeping and poking them with a big stick...DH can get them up next trip!!! Does he even know they don't usually get up until at least 10am at the earliest?
So now we're in the jam packed minivan for at least 8.5 hours...I'm sure I'm having a GREAT time by now (pray for me).
It was so much easier when they were little and I could turn on the 'Barney' videos one after the other...that and a dose of Benedryl worked wonders (kidding...about the Benedryl...not the Barney...he's still my hero). That was back in the dark ages when we had the TV with the built in VHS machine tethered and hanging between the front seats in a 'TV bag'...it was so jammed and got so hot that it burned both DH and my arms next to it. There were no headphones for our three babies, so we also had to turn it way up so that they could all hear it as one child was in the way back. DH and I got the high volume coming out the speakers on the sides of the TV (along with the heat). But it was heaven...Ahhh...DH and I arrived with one red arm with third-degree burns and we were completely deaf for the first day of every vacation, but it was a small price to pay for peace in the car...as I said...it was heaven.
No such luck this time....I'm guessing that right about now I'm hearing 'He's on my side again! MOM!' for about the hundredth time...If I didn't get so car sick (yes, I've tried everything), I'd sit in the back and watch the movies...Built in DVD player, wireless headphones, they can even plug in their gaming systems...but does that keep the peace...nope.
That's when I pull out all the stops and do something we obese people agree will scar our kids for life...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
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lol Good luck, sunshine. It's really all I can say. Oh, and try to have fun. I'm sure you will.
Oh my!! I hope your trip went better than you hoped. Try to have fun.
Those who say "Getting there is half the fun", obviously didn't travel with children!! Have a WONDERFUL time with your family!!
Lisa
LOL - ahhh road trips. Best of luck to you!
I think you should have put the benadryl in their drinks. Come on their adults and can handle the snooze. I used Gravol. And we had a TV and VCR strung up in our van on our trip to Florida in the late 90's. Again, no headphones and it kept popping fuses. But Gravol worked! Have fun on your trip.
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