Spring Break 2012



I had a great vacation with Tru Stories.  You will not see very many pictures of either one of us.   As a professional courtesy we will not be displaying swimsuit pictures of each other.  What happened on Tybee Island Beach to adults, stayed on the beach. 

We had many laughs.  Tears running down my face, laughs.  We amuse each other.  The kids amused us too. Here are some laugh out loud moments of our trip. 

Before we even left town, we had to vote.  Tru Stories pulled into the parking lot for us to run in and vote.  She did a terrible job parking and I could not get out of the car.  She did not even notice.  She just went in and voted without me.  When she came back to the car she asked me if I voted.  She accused me of being dramatic.  That provided many laughs on the trip.  I did do my civic duty and vote.

After we saw a few cars on fire in Georgia we became concerned that the van might just start on fire.  Spontaneous combustion.

My fear of bridges always gives us more than a few laughs.

I am afraid of heights.  I could stand on the top of  Fort Pulaski.  I cannot watch the kids walk around on top of the walls.  I feel that my fears were not irrational.  At any moment Coco could have walked off the side.  I wanted to be downstairs and I wanted my grand kids with me.  My fears were small potatoes compared to Quincy's.  All of a sudden we looked at him and he was in panic mode.  He said, I need to go downstairs.  His face was crazed.  TS said, go stand by the cannon with The Kid so I can take your picture first.  Hysterically, as he almost crawled to the steps he said, no pictures up here.  I can promise TS and I will use the phrase, No Pictures Here, many times in the next year!!  When I got downstairs Quincy said, I am not afraid of heights.  I am afraid of unprotected heights.  Me too, Quincy.

The little girls were collecting My Little Pony's from McDonald's.  One day we took the girls in a public bathroom.  This always causes issues with the TS girls.  Tink worries about automatic flush.  Neither one of them want to use a toilet that has any signs of previous use.  If someone did not flush before them, flushing cannot always save the restroom break.  As TS was taking both girls into the handicapped stall for their group pee, I said, Coco, let me hold your horses.  Both TS and I laughed about that at the time.  Later in the van, tears were rolling down my face and TS could barely drive we laughed so hard.

TS has some of her own fears.  According to TS, there are "always" stories on CNN about people driving their cars off the roads in Georgia and being lost in the swamps for days.  When TS saw how easy that could happen, a new driving motto was born.  No one needs to be a hero.........  no reason to drive fast here or no reason to pass here, or I can just stay in the center lane and let cars go around me.  I mentioned that we should have an exit plan for getting the children to safety if we ended up in the swamp.    As if she had been thinking about it for miles, TS said, are you kidding, the kids will be safe.  The back end of the vehicles are always out of the water.  During another discussion she promised that if my legs were smashed under the dashboard she would not help me.  I should have been attending yoga for flexibility. 

We had a long 90 minute period where some children had to pee and we NEVER came across a McDonald's.  I know what you are thinking.  No, it was not back woods Georgia.  We were on the interstate.  The do not post how many miles until the next town and they do not have enough McDonald's.

We had a 30 minute discussion on why I wanted to become Amish and why it would not work.  TS mentioned that Amish have to be crafty and I was known for burning myself on a glue gun.  Right, like the Amish use glue guns.  We had some nervous laughter from The Kid during that laughing spell.  I think he was afraid we had lost it. 

I like to travel with Tru Stories.  Sometimes, we enjoy each other's company.  Next time we do a long road trip, we might have to leave the children home.