Evening of Tuesday, July 22nd:
We packed our bags and gathered all our things to get ready to leave. I had Zach all packed to go to grandma's house. I typed up a letter with our medical cards for my mom just in case she needed to take Zach to the doctor while we were gone, I also gave her sole custody if something were to happen to us while we were gone. Dave told me not to think like that but...WHAT IF??? I am not sure if the letter would have done any good or not but it gave me a little peace of mind. I think that got Dave thinking more and worried about leaving him too. For about a 1/2 hour we hugged him and told him bye. It was really hard to take him to my mom's and we all cried.
Zach was bawling in the car as I backed out of the driveway. He was especially sad to leave Ali. I drove down the street and turned the corner, as I did so I realized that I forgot to get the cash that we had gotten out for him to take so he could do something fun. So I turned around and went back. Dave came out and handed him his money. Well that made him have to say goodbye again to dad and they both had tears as Zach waved bye out the window.
As I was leaving the subdivision my mom called me and told me she was at Wal-Mart with my dad, they were getting truck key copies for his new truck. I told her I would just meet her there.
Zach had me pretty emotional and sad to be leaving him home by himself. I was so torn up inside about the whole thing. I knew he wouldn't be able to handle the vacation. He is just to little for what we were going to be doing. Yet it was stil really hard for me to not take him.
At Wal-Mart, I was only going to get some blueberry cream cheese for him to have on his bagels that he just can't live without lately....so I didn't get a shopping cart. As we passed things he just started to pick them up like he had to have them. He grabbed a blue Gatorade, fruit snacks....transformer/carebear and my little pony (1 box of each) and I got the cream cheese. When I turned around and he was juggling all these things with those red eyes...i just couldn't tell him he had to put them back. So we found a cart to put our loot in.
The automotive section was at the other end of the store and that is where we needed to go to find grandma and grandpa. Guess what? I made the mistake of walking past the toys on the way there. He saw a batman figurine right off and a transformer that turns into a truck. Yes, I let him get those too. I guess that is what happens when you feel guilty. So my little trip in to Wal-Mart cost me $30 instead of the $2.00 that it would have been if I were just getting the cream cheese. By the time I left Zach at my mom's house, he had two new toys, his bagels and fruit snacks. He was so pleased. It was a lot easier to leave him there knowing that he was so happy. My mom always makes lemonade out of lemons too. She makes everyone feel happy, even when you are being left behind for 7 nights without your mom.
When I returned home, I was so grateful that Dave had put Ali to bed. We needed to wake up early and I knew that with what we had coming she was going to be tired and needed her rest. I finished packing a few more things and talked with Dave a bit. I walked in to check on Ali and she was still awake! She said that she was to excited to sleep (just like the Disneyland commercial) LOL! She also said that she had a tummy ache. I think it might have been a little because of nerves and excitement. I gave her some pepto. Dave and I stayed up talking and doing odds and ends until 1:30 am. Ali finally fell asleep, but I am sure it was after midnight.
I had been awake since 3:00 in the morning doing work things and house chores, so I was pooped but just laid in bed talking to Dave until we both fell asleep.
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