Our dear friends, the Wyrosdicks, have a dear mom who has a beautiful beach condo in Panama City Beach. She rents it out, so it is booked most of the summer. As we watched the oil approach on the news they checked to see if there was a chance for us to squeeze in a working vacation before the oil hit (the guys would work and of course the mommies would too, cause you know we brought the kids with us). We've done this trip before (with 2 less kiddos) and it went wonderfully.
The only time the condo was available was the week we were already in.
It was already Tuesday afternoon we got the okay to head down. So, thus began the packing for a family of 5 in 3 hours with no planning.
I was giddy from excitement, really. No stress, just pure adrenaline.
Pops and Grandma Jayne came over with dinner and beach supplies to borrow. Fantastic
Gammy and Grin came over to get the dogs and help us throw the last few things in the van. Awesome.
We got all three kiddos in their pjs (it was after seven and we expected to arrive around midnight). Clever.
I went to put one last thing in the tightly packed trunk and I totally bashed my head opened with the trunk door. Not clever.
It was pretty clear I was going to need stitches. But, do you know what a mommy with 3 young kids strapped in their car seats ready for a long trip does??? That's right, she stops the bleeding and deals with it later.
I was pretty embarrassed and had a killer headache, but the ride went fine. The next morning I got stitched up and continued on with the vacation just fine.
Never a dull moment. At home or away.
And, there are no pictures. You're welcome.
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