After a good couple of showers, sleep and a full FREE breakfast (fat and carb load again for the kids! Trust me it really works for them to fall a sleep in the car) (Don't worry it was semi healthy!) (All protein again for me, if you were wondering) we were ready to load car up and head out. We really were in an hurry as the storms were getting worst (Flash Floods Warnings and me don't mix). However, my 2 youngest (Boo and Punk (age 9) wanted to sit next to each other instead of the boxes I had put in the middle of them. (There is a reason for this! You'll see why!) I went back and forth on if I should let them sit next to each other. You see, these 2 have the tendency to touch each other, wrestle in the car and just be plain out LOUD and CRAZY. (It's cute for about 5 min but after that I could care less if they really love each other, I just want them to stop!). They keep pleading with me and promising me they would behave...The whole "Letting Go of Control" method was being tested on me and really felt like an joke from God. So I rearrange the car and let them be close by each other. The rest was history after 5 minutes... 2 hours later, we were finally out of FL!! We drove into Alabama! We were crusin along pretty good and thank GOD no bathroom breaks yet from Boo. However, the naked Boo was still around. She striped down before I even got into the driver seat when we left hotel. We were going to stop and play tourist at Spanish Fort, AL but the rain was starting to arrive so I made the judgement call to keep going, plus I really didn't want to bring the Potty issues back on Day 2. Nothing too exciting happen in AL. The kids passed out and it was a pretty quiet ride. I got to catch up with some friends (don't worry had my Bluetooth in) and listen to one of my favorite WOMEN Pastor Kathy Nelson sermon. (you can download it here, http://bluemountainchurch.com/sunday-worship/sermons/compassion-conspiracy-the-journey/) The only exciting thing that did happen is we got lost and I was over Boo and Punk loudness. So I had a not so good mama moment. Let just say, one kid was pulled over the front seat and force to sit next to me for the next 2 hours with nothing to do! And yelling was involved. (again not my proudest moment but hey! That's life!) We finally hit Mississippi, still no rain (Thank GOD) (Because I was already not in an good mood and was over being in the car). Since Boo did so well with not needing to stop at bathrooms and I felt I needed an time out, Chic-Fil-A was in order. Let me just tell you, my GPS has an mind of its own. Not only was there 3 Chic-Fil-A near where I was going, the GPS took me to 2 that were located in an College and the Mall! Doesn't my GPS know by now, I am a mom?!?! I need the REAL Chic-Fil-A, ones with Playgrounds so I CAN GET A FRICKEN BREAK! AND...I am not about to walk in the mall with 3 kids!!! Duh! Chic-Fil-A was exactly what we needed (By the way we got lost finding this one. Drove past 3 times before Boo pointed it out miles away down the road, grr. GET ME OUT OF THIS CAR!) The kids played and played. They were more exited about the kids in the play area because of their Southern Drawls and To Big for LIfe Hair Bows <3 I was happy with my book and Kale Salad that was a size of a Cat Food in an Can (which cost about $4.00). However we stayed for 2 hours, oops. We started back out. Boo got naked (left her shirt on this time), Punk got her Iphone (not activated btw) back and Pook (age 10) got her front seat back. Everyone passed out (Thank you Chic-Fil-A!!) and then the rain came! OMG!!! It was coming down so so hard. I was like the little old lady you want to run off the road. I could NOT see an DARN thing. Now remember I have Ushers (Usher Syndrome, Google it) so the fog, rain and I mean RAIN don't mix! Pook woke up and said "Mom, we have to get out of this. Like NOW.. And I have to pee!". Seriously, we just left Chic-Fil-A and now you have to pee and want me to pull off the road in the middle of this crazy storm in the middle of nowhere?!?! We found an exit, 1 hotel and 1 gas station. Lets just say it was like a scene from a scary movie. I was NOT checking in no hotel that looks like it belong in Bates Motel. I looked online for nearest hotel and there wasn't one for another 44 miles. No way were were sitting at this creepy gas station (Which I am sure the people inside were just super nice because it's Mississippi after all) but I wasn't staying. I told kids, well you want to see power of prayers?!? Start praying!! We got back on the road. I drove 25 MPH, almost got killed, got a lot of horn honkers and some middle finger wavers (I was about to have Boo play Mooner but then figured that's not proper parenting and I already screwed up a few post ahead by losing my mind so I put that thought away). Pook was in charge of radar and kept telling me it was only going to get worst. Then all of our phones (well the 2 of us lol and Boo tablet) started going off with Storm Warnings till midnight :0. GREAT!!! Next thing you know, the rain stop! STOP y'all!!! The kids were so excited to see their prayers work. Me I was so excited to relax my shoulders since they were up in my neck! By the miracle of GOD, the rain stayed away and it drizzle the rest of the way!! However, we were so close to the floods. It still amazes me that they never came up over the roads. We saw houses that had water up to their windows. Businesses that were under and we could only see their roofs. It was an real eye opening experience for the kids and myself. We enter Louisiana. Let me tell you, that state is one of an kind! We stop for bathroom break and met some VERY interesting folks! Then came out of the gas station and had a family offer us dinner. We didn't accept it but then got in the car and looked in the mirror and at the kids...OMG we looked AWFUL and homeless!! I am pretty sure they thought we were (they were parked next to us!). We laughed so hard. (I could have killed Pook for not telling me how BAD I looked. I forgot that I had taken my hair down to try and relax. It was not an pretty site and all 3 girls had knots in their hair LOL) The rain stayed at Bay so we kept going. Next thing you know the Sun was out and we were almost crossing into the Texas border. We saw the most beautiful sunset along with some more flooding on the side of the road. It really was an message from God letting us know there is beauty all around even during the storm. And that we are ok, we made it! We drove till 11 pm that night, something I don't do often but I was on an high (for making it though the nasty storm!) and kids were behaving. Kids were hungry and needed to use the bathroom so we made the decision to finally stop. Checked into hotel, order an pizza to have deliver and showered. Well not only did Boo have to be naked in the car but also in the hotels. Let just say, the pizza delivery guy may never deliver again ;) I had no clue she was standing behind me. He kept looking up the ceiling and laughing. Trying to get the food to me and credit card slip for me to sign. Of course, I was trying to figure out his problem. It wasn't till I close the door and turned around and saw my naked child standing there..... (sorry no pictures to show) Day 3 couldn't come sooner! It could only get better, right?!?!
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