I missed posting yesterday, but the main event was the drive from Huntersville to Cincinnati. We were driving two cars since Mom and Dad are obviously not continuing on with us. I started out in the Civic with Mom and Donia and Dad took the kids. We had a really good time talking and driving in the morning and the time flew by. The adults switched cars after lunch, and we didn’t have quite as much talking since we were dealing a little with the kids. But the kids were generally really good, and we got into Cincinnati (Florence, KY to be real technical about it) without any stress. We ate dinner last night at Dixie Chili so we could get some Cincinnati style chili. I don’t think any of us were head over heels about the chili, but we liked it well enough and it was fun to do.
Today we went to the Creation Museum, which has been something Dad has been wanting to do with us for a long time. It was fairly nice, although I think we should have swapped the order of our day. We started with all the shows they had, then did the walking tour. The shows were good, especially the planetarium, and the walking tour was OK, but everyone was starting to get worn down. It also seemed like it got busier in the afternoon, so there was a mass of humanity trying to get through the tour. After the tour, we were pretty much done with everything there, so we came back to the hotel to swim and had Chinese takeout for dinner.
And tomorrow we head back. I am terrified for many reasons. Life was not all sunshine and roses before we left (if you couldn’t tell), and I am scared that things will not change much. I am pretty determined to try to change it, but not at all confident in my success. I did check e-mail last night and so at least I know that there are no big nasty surprises waiting for me on Monday. Still, something needs to change. The simplest thing to point to and the most difficult thing to actually change is my attitude. My mind wants to go to other options, some which make sense and some which don’t. Obviously, I will think about this heavily for the first few days we’re back.
And of course I’m slightly terrified for a 12-hour drive tomorrow with everyone having frayed nerves. That should be interesting.
