Boy, today was a day!! Sheeeesh!! Ok so Mimi calls bright and early this morning to ask if we would like to go to this creek and play with her and Riley today, after she gets finished voting. 'Of course!', sounds like my kind of fun! We always go to the pool, the creek sounded like a good change. Well, by the time Mimi was able to get to the house it was 1030. We get everyone packed up (four bags just for our group..haha!) and into the van. Then we're off to Ringgold! We pull into the parking spot, grab the cooler (Praise the LORD, I thought to do that!), camera, phones, and towels. Then, with everyone on my side of the van (assuming they're waiting on me, like always) I slide the back van door closed. Only to hear it lock as soon as it closes. Mimi then preceeds to panic. Im thinking 'what?! whats wrong!?!!' then she says 'I didnt have my keys!!!!'. She searched and searched her pockets and pocketbook only for me to walk around to her side of the van to see them laying there oh so neatly in the driver seat. Oh gravy. It is now almost 11 and only getting hotter outside. She (very calmly, might I add..I was in total freak out mode bc I dont do heat. lol!) then suggests we just go ahead and head to the creek while we wait on someone to come help us. She calls Aunt Ann and Aunt Ann is heading to a doctors appointment. It'd be close to 1:00 before she can get to us. Then she'd have to take Mimi home to get a key and leave me by the creek with three kiddos in the heat. haha! Now SHE is starting to panic. lol! We strip the kids down to their swimsuits, throw our shoes off and head to the cool water. Upon looking at it we realize, pretty quickly, that it is too swift for kids of this age. But maybe we can just stay to the side. Right? Sounds good. One step in and Riley busts it. The rocks are all so slimey. They very easily could have been the slimiest rocks on the planet. Mimi almost fell, and in trying to keep her balance almost pulled Riley in..again. Hayneslie is screaming bloody murder (and doing her oh so famous 'shaking' lol!) and Gracie is starting to cry as well..both clinging onto me and Mimi w/all their might. Mimi finally gets Grace to sit on the (giant) rock and put her feet in. As I try to do the same w/HayHay, she decides there is no way on earth..and pulls on me and there I go...right on my butt, right into the creek. I jumped up and as I do, my phone JUMPS OUT! Yep, right out of my little pocket. Lovely. I leave a screaming Hayneslie with Mimi as I sprint to dry my phone off. It then starts calling ppl at random and not calling out when I want it to. I forget the phone (seems to be pointless to keep trying anyhow) and go back and help get everyone out of the water. We then decide to head across (two) streets to the park nearby. I decide I cant take the heat any longer (and besides that, I had to pee..VERY badly hahaha! Im not all about sneaking into the woods) so I call...my mommy! HELP!!!! LOL!!! I knew she wasnt at work and had a van big enough to hold us all (with carseats). Praise the Lord!!! She was on her way in 2minutes. But, we live in Dawnville..so yeah. Another wait, but not near as long as we thought we were going to have to. We get to the park and we tear into the cooler (which I had packed lots of extra waters in this time..for no other reason than, Im a freak and thought 'what if' haha) And the kids trot off to go play only to return in .5 seconds dripping with sweat and decide to just spread out their towels and lay. lol It was so awful, but pretty humorous. I then try again at drying my phone out. Then mom shows up, and we all pile into the van (with air!!!!) and head to Mimi's to get her extra key. Then..all the way back to the park. The kids are getting hungry and I feel as if the early stages of 'heat exhaustion' are setting in...haha We make it to the park. Pile out of my mom's van and into Mimi's. Then head into town to find food. Taco Bell. We all run in (me faster than the others bc I still have yet to make it to the bathroom) and into the nice, cool restaurant. As I get to the bathroom door, its locked. Only one stall and its taken. Mimi gets there w/the girls and Gracie starts crying 'Im gonna pee my pants if she doesnt hurry!'.. Me too Gracie!!! hahahahaha!!! So the lady comes out, and the girls go in. And I escape to the mens bathroom (leaving Riley, the girls and the nice man who was cleaning it pretty confused). Relief. I thought my bladder would literally explode, it was pretty scary. haha. Then we all order and eat and were treating it like a five star restaurant, taking our time and enjoying the cool air. By now its almost 2pm. And we decide to just try the pool thing again tomorrow. ;) We'd all had enough for one day. haha We made it back home safely and I put my phone back together and TA-DA!!! It works!!! Everyone home, safe and healthy!! And I dont have to fork out more money for another phone. THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Not sure what the lesson for today was (or if God was just trying to have some fun) but oh how grateful I am that it wasnt near as bad as it could have been!!!! :) haha Now, IM home..and Im pretty sure, Im going to shower and go straight to bed!
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