We began our journey. Life as we know it has changed once again. We are an family of 5 heading on the road for the next 90+ days. We will be living out of hotels in various of states and cities. We don't know where we will go till probably a few days before we are set to venture out. Follow me as I continue my journey in my own personal weight lost struggles, messy life struggles and now as an "roadie"! Day 1, We were set to leave at 8 am. If you know me, I used to be on time but not really anymore. You can count on me being late. (Working on that BTW). However, I am trying to be more laid back and let go of control with these trips (TRYING, key word). I knew saying bye to my parents might be hard on the girls so I wanted to ease our way out the door and out of the state of FL. The Day started with my parents waking us up around 6:30 am to say bye. They were getting ready to head out to see friends. While saying bye is never easy it didn't go as bad as I thought it would. Maybe living with them since December just had a tad bit to do with it (and the fact we are going to be seeing them again in a few weeks). I needed to get my run in, so I took advantage of doing that. My run. Was more emotional then saying bye to my parents. CRAZY!! While running, I was reminded why we started our journey in FL and to face my failures again in the face was rough. Then to see how far I have come with my running and goals I have set and completed (failures went bye bye). I remember the day I laced up my shoes for my 1st real "train" run. I HATED it. Flash forward to today, I am actually ENJOYING my runs! I have come so far. I can run without doubting myself. I can actually run without stopping. So as I entered mile 2 and watched the sun come up, peace came at me. I have come to peace with my failures and falling forward towards them. I am sure it won't be the last time I fail at something. Now I know why God place FL and running into my life. (another post, someday I will get to it!) Kids played outside with neighbors (whom are also home-schooled) while I showered and packed up with rest of the car. We used our FREE PDQ and Chic-Fil-A coupons (Go School AWARDS! I applaud them this time (every kid gets one, you know the American way) I didn't have to pay for lunch at our 2 fav places!!). I had a protein shake and filled the kids up with carbs and fat (think road trip nap!). Then we were off! I75 here we come! My kids love to travel. Love car trips. THANK YOU LORD! But they don't always LOVE each OTHER ;) While I am not an fan of tablets/phones and was hoping we could pull them out on Day 2. Screw that! Pulled them out after 2 hours. They were bored with my "Lets See how many Sate Plates we can find" and "Let's Learn about the States we will be Driving thru" games! (Frankly so was I as I couldn't answer anymore questions) 3 hours of pure bliss! I had my headphones on with my music (as I drove) and they had their movies, games and youtube on. Just when I thought this ride was getting boring, Ms. Boo (each kid will have nicknames) (Boo Bear is our baby girl who's 5) thought it would be fun to go to the bathroom every other exit. Now of course, I wasn't going to stop every exit. But then...She kept peeing her pants. So I guess she really did have to go. We did this pretty much every hour on the hour. Ps, she hadn't had anything to drink since PDQ stop which was at 11.... On top of that, she hates anything wet on her clothing, seats, etc... So she insists being NAKED from head to toes, the whole car ride. Let me just tell you how FUN this was every time we had to stop! (yes I made her get dress before getting out of the car) (before I even got back in the car, she was undress!) (We did this for 3 days....Stay tune for more on this) (again, my laid back and let go of control theory...) We knew we were heading into some bad weather. We were moving along pretty good and almost to Alabama (my goal). We stop to get some coolant for the car (Thanks to the hubby who forgot to do this), stopped to grab dinner at Wendy's (who screwed up our entire order but this "Laid Back and Letting Go of Control Mama" let it go) (I had an protein shake BTW) set back out to the HWY to POURING rain. I drove for 15 mins and made the call to pull over (plus Boo naked ways got burnt from her FABULOUS dinner) (After 10 min of kicking the back of my seat because you know it was my fault and I had to feel her pain) we were DONE! Checked into our hotel. Kids jumped on beds for 30 mins (Letting go...) Boo went to the bathroom 20 times in 45 mins. Used all the Toilet Paper. Changed her PJ 3 times. Then ended up naked, head to toes. Then passed out on me since you know the bed had an whole side for her but...(embracing she needs me because of this whole change deal) Other 2, showered, face-time (gma and neighbor) and passed out together. Myself, I looked like DEATH. Being Laid Back and Letting Go of Control is hard work LOL!! So Day 1, I had 1 major meltdown myself, we all survive Boo's bathroom trips and naked self, and the other 2 learned to love each other by sitting NOT by each other (and losing their electronics).
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