The wheels have ran off!

We are finally home. You know its a long trip when the children say they were never so happy to see the school!

I am so confused I hardly know what day of the week it is.

Daddy and I used a saying "the wheels ran off". When I worked all the time and daddy would occasionally go out of town he would call and ask if the wheels had ran off yet. Well, when I got back this afternoon and called him and told him I was in town we both agreed the wheels had finally ran off! But he did tell me he could at least see them being put on tighter today. What that means is Wednesday we had a terrible day at work, I was at the Okefenokee swamp and couldn't be reached by phone. I also wasn't around to give moral support to the family, Thursday wasn't much better, I still wasn't around. Friday, this morning Brian had to go on the field trip with James Brian, (he didn't have to, he wanted to) Cydney woke up with a sinus infection. Margarett had to rearrange her schedule to take her to the doctor. I was still at Epworth.

Now I am at home...it has been a long three days.

We left the house before 6:00 on Wednesday. We drove straight to the Okefenokee swamp. I was disappointed. We apparently went to the wrong side and it wasn't as swampy as I expected. This summer I would like to go to the other side. The people that had been there said it was a lot better. We rode around on a charter bus. Saw a few alligators. Everyone went canoeing but me. I started, I got in the boat. But it was a two person canoe. A child didn't have a partner, I was nice and said he could ride with us(I had already found a man partner so I wouldn't have to row, I am smart that way). I had to sit on the bottom and it was too rocky so I said this isn't going to work take me back to shore. It worked out better that way because Deen, my partner was afraid he was going to hit me with the paddle and turn us over. One boat did dump over. The first field trip ever for our school to turn someone over. Remember there are alligators in that water. He didn't panic though. He grabbed the child and sat him in another canoe. Turned his over and carried it to shore and dumped the water out. Got back in picked up his child and kept going. I hated that I didn't see it.

Yesterday we went to Cumberland Island. It really is beautiful. John Kennedy Jr got married there, that was the coolest part. Actually the coolest part is the history and the wild horses. We only saw about 1/4 of the island. We walked 4 miles around. If you haven't seen it you really should go one time. One side is total marsh, one side is total sand dunes, one side is beach and one side is maritime forest. Last night the children dissected a squid. That was gross and smelled. Then after supper they had a dance which they all enjoyed. I think it was meant to wear them out but it only hyped them up! I don't know when our girls went to sleep. About 12:00 I shut our door and told them I didn't care how long they stayed up they just better not whine today.

This morning, right after breakfast, the children dissected shark. That was the best part. Some of the sharks had other sharks in the stomach. Grayce's had the skeleton of a fish another childs had a big huge fish.

Now we are finally home. Cydney is feeling really bad. I knew she didn't feel good when she didn't argue about going to the doctor. James Brian has stayed at work with his dad until 9:30 or later this week. He was really glad to see me. Zach is over taking care of Cydney and I am washing up all our stuff. That cabin is yikky!

We have 3 softball games tomorrow and one Sunday. I am going to enjoy my night off, washing clothes or not! Watch some good tv and lay down in my nice comfy clean bed that sits on my nice clean carpet. In my good smelling house! Oh, with my nice cold air running. Isn't it funny how some things make you appreciate others!

The picture of Grayce in front of the water, if you look close you can see an alligator swimming behind her, that is where they dumped the canoe.

The picture of all the children on the dock, if you look at the bottom in the marsh you can see another alligator.