Kid Free Tomorrow

Yea for me! Tomorrow, a friend and I are going to go to King's Island! I am really excited! I usually get to visit either K.I. or Cedar Point every summer (or both if it's a good summer!) I didn't go last year, though because of the baby. I just love roller coasters! The higher the better! I'm looking forward to some time without the kids where I get to go have fun and act like a kid myself! It's only about an hour and a half drive. Maybe less they way this particular friend drives. The best part is that we are getting the tickets at almost half off the regular price!

My friend has a 6 year old daughter that is tall for her age, just slightly shorter than my 8 year old daughter. We were momentarily considering taking her daughter and my oldest (who are both taller than 48 inches and could ride most of the rides there.) The problems I have with that are this: first, my daughter has never been to an amusement park and has obviously never ridden a roller coaster. Well, besides smaller carnival rides, but not nearly the same! So what if we get there, and she doesn't like them, or she's too scared to get on a ride, or goes on one and refuses to ride anymore? Then my whole day (and $) is shot! Second, she is a whiner! Really. I can't even walk around WalMart for 20 minutes without her complaining that she's tired and her feet hurt and blah blah blah! And third, after just coming off of VBS week at church and having my middle daughter practically refuse to let me out of her sight, and taking care of a clingy, and sick baby all weekend (he had a fever and was throwing up, no fun!) I just really REALLY need some time away from kids. I need some time for me! Is that so wrong?

I love my kids, don't get me wrong, but I've about had it this summer! With the girls out of school and having all 3 kids all day long all week long, my patience are wearing thin! The girls fight constantly, the younger one always cries...I mean about EVERYTHING! I've thought about tallying up every time she cries for one week or even one day, but I don't know if I have enough paper! On top of that, the baby needs constant supervision and attention!

So, all I'm saying is that it will be nice to get away from the chaos for a day. That's all. Then I will be ready to get back to my usual hectic life as normal. Well, as ready as one can be to do so.

BTW, thanks Trinity for keeping the girlies for me!