Sorry that i have MIA for a few days.
My friend called and wanted to come for a visit. Her hubby is a pretty successful DJ and is out west on tour, she was stuck home with her 2 kids and needed a diversion for a few days...we were it.

Trip Report...

Months, weeks, days,...years even, have lead up to this day.
Today is the day.
My first ever LADIES trip to Jamaica!!!

I haven't slept well in weeks. Too excited. My mind rushing with thoughts...

I awoke hours before my kids.
Trying to fall back to sleep was a joke...today was the day!!!

When the boys finally woke up, my son Kingston was so upset.
He had a toothache!!!

I spent the morning rushing around trying to find a dentist that could see him today.
Finally found one. We had a 2:00 appointment.

There is no way that I could take both squirmy 3 year old boys to the dentist office so i called the hubby.
He agreed that he could meet me and take my other son, Aslan, while I took Kingy into see the dentist.
Thank God!!!

I arrived at the office 15 min early.
D took Aslan across the street to grab some lunch.

Kingston and i sat for almost 2 hours waiting and watching everyone (except for us) go in and out to see the doctor.
Finally I had enough, Kingston was so antsy at this point, he was done. How can you leave a 3 year old child in the waiting room for close to 2 hours and still expect them to behave well for the doctor??? REALLY???

I complained and was given a half a** answer about how we were an "emergency appt"and the others were scheduled appts so they were taken first.

Long story short...we finally saw the doctor and within 2 min were told that he was fine and it was nothing to worry about.
OK...whatever.

I got the boys home and straightened up the house a bit and then cooked them some dinner.

D arrived home early at about 8pm, I was ready to go!!! Kids fed, dogs fed, cats fed, chickens fed, bags packed...now I was just waiting on J and S to get their a**'s here to pick me up!!!

FINALLY they arrived and I said my sweet goodbyes to my handsome lil guys and we were on our way!!!

It was a 2 1/2 hour ride to the airport hotel, BWI.

As we pulled out of the driveway and down my road I kept my eyes fixed on my home...it got smaller and smaller in the distance.
I worried about the what if's.... What if something happen to me and I didn't make it home. How would my boys be? Would they remember me? Would they know how much I loved them.
What if I didn't make it back...what kind of life would they live without my influence, without my love???
I watched until the lights of my house disappeared into the tree line and I prayed that I would make it back to my sweet boys safely.

I rolled down the window and felt the cool refreshing air of a free world on my face and I took a deep breath to soak it all in.
I was on my way... finally.

Many laughs and a couple of beers later we arrived at our hotel.
Got checked in and set a wake up call for just a few hours away.

Somehow I fell asleep and before i knew it the alarm was going off and it was time to get the show on the road.