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lizzybennet) wrote2007-08-08 08:26 pm
lizzybennet) wrote2007-08-08 08:26 pm
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Road trip, day 2. Columbia, Missouri.
We traveled 500 miles today. I woke up before 6 a.m. this morning, wide awake. I laid there, trying to go back to sleep, not wanting to face the day so early. It just didn't happen. My brain was pinging. I finally got up and got going for the day. Zack was soon awake too, so we went to breakfast together, just the two of us. That was nice. I rarely get one on one time with the boys, so I always enjoy it when I do.
We were on the road by 8:30. We drove to Memphis and met up with my brother, Ben. He was working today so we went by to see him there. He is the head chef at an family bar and grill that specializes in Italian food. We decided to eat lunch there. As we were the only customers the boys had free reign of the shop for a while. There was a video arcade but none of the games were turned on. This didn't matter to the kids. They just pretended and had a ball. I had spaghetti, the boys had pizza and Chris had a meatball sub. When we got ready to pay, Ben informed me that it was all on the house. That was a nice surprise :) I really enjoyed seeing him, if only for a couple hours.
Next we drove and drove and drove. We made it to St. Louis but then kept going. We did stop for a quick game of tag at a rest area. I'm doing my best to try and help the kids get their wiggles out. I think they are doing relatively well, considering that they were in the car for almost 9 hours today. Petey has the hardest time, as to be expected. Today he said this was the longest day of his life, that time is just going soooo sloooow. He's right.
Dinner was at McDonalds. I thought this was a good place so the kids could climb around on the playground. Chris did not like the idea and we ended up arguing about it. It seems this has been happening a lot. I think we've gotten to the bottom of the problem. This summer, I've taken to indulging the kids way too often. I think I did this in order to make up for Chris being gone, living in flux all summer and dragging them around the world over the last year. I feel a bit guilty for putting them through such a tough year and so I often put up with much more than I should because I feel that they deserve a little leniency. It must have gotten much worse while Chris was gone because he feels like he came home from China to a family full of spoiled brats. As a result, he is being much, much tougher on them than usual. As a result of his over-strictness, I've been over-indulging. Anyway, you can see it's a vicious cycle that we certainly need to work through. I especially need to correct my own actions.
I think I'll be falling asleep early tonight :)
We traveled 500 miles today. I woke up before 6 a.m. this morning, wide awake. I laid there, trying to go back to sleep, not wanting to face the day so early. It just didn't happen. My brain was pinging. I finally got up and got going for the day. Zack was soon awake too, so we went to breakfast together, just the two of us. That was nice. I rarely get one on one time with the boys, so I always enjoy it when I do.
We were on the road by 8:30. We drove to Memphis and met up with my brother, Ben. He was working today so we went by to see him there. He is the head chef at an family bar and grill that specializes in Italian food. We decided to eat lunch there. As we were the only customers the boys had free reign of the shop for a while. There was a video arcade but none of the games were turned on. This didn't matter to the kids. They just pretended and had a ball. I had spaghetti, the boys had pizza and Chris had a meatball sub. When we got ready to pay, Ben informed me that it was all on the house. That was a nice surprise :) I really enjoyed seeing him, if only for a couple hours.
Next we drove and drove and drove. We made it to St. Louis but then kept going. We did stop for a quick game of tag at a rest area. I'm doing my best to try and help the kids get their wiggles out. I think they are doing relatively well, considering that they were in the car for almost 9 hours today. Petey has the hardest time, as to be expected. Today he said this was the longest day of his life, that time is just going soooo sloooow. He's right.
Dinner was at McDonalds. I thought this was a good place so the kids could climb around on the playground. Chris did not like the idea and we ended up arguing about it. It seems this has been happening a lot. I think we've gotten to the bottom of the problem. This summer, I've taken to indulging the kids way too often. I think I did this in order to make up for Chris being gone, living in flux all summer and dragging them around the world over the last year. I feel a bit guilty for putting them through such a tough year and so I often put up with much more than I should because I feel that they deserve a little leniency. It must have gotten much worse while Chris was gone because he feels like he came home from China to a family full of spoiled brats. As a result, he is being much, much tougher on them than usual. As a result of his over-strictness, I've been over-indulging. Anyway, you can see it's a vicious cycle that we certainly need to work through. I especially need to correct my own actions.
I think I'll be falling asleep early tonight :)
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