South Of The Border

Sooo, last minute (of course) the hubby's family decides to go to Myrtle Beach for the fireworks. AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Hubby doesn't get off work until after 12. Then he has to take a shower and get ready. We waited 30 minutes after that for his family to show up. We all load up into the two vans and we are on our way. It is a 2 hour drive to the beach and there are 6 kids, can you say nightmare????? We got to Myrtle Beach around 3:30 and they decide that they want to go to the aquarium before we go to the beach. Do they know where it is????? NO!! of course not. We stop to ask for directions, who do you think is elected to go ask? ME!!! At 4:30 we finally get there and who do you think is elected to purchase the tickets???? YUP!! ME!! Well after I stand in line forever and it is finally my turn, they run up to me and tell me they want to go to more than one place (you get a discount if you purchase more than one attraction at one time) so I had to get out of line while they decided what they wanted to do! I was about to my boiling point right about now. Ok, we got the tickets and we are on our way. It was beautiful. It was worth the price if not the hassle. Next we were headed to the Ripley's believe it or not. And once again they had no idea where it was, yup I had to get back out for directions. (by the way, throughout all this jumping in and out, I was seated in the back of the van!) We got there at 7pm and had to circle around for 20 minutes. looking for a parking place. when we finally got to the ticket gate, the hubby's cousin lost their tickets. We had to stand outside while they went to their car to look for them.
We didn't leave there until 9pm. 9pm is also the time that the fireworks show started on the other side of town!!! We saw 15 minutes of the show from inside the van looking for a parking place. We then spent over an hour trying to get out of there (MAJOR traffic jam). We stopped at a waffle house for sustenance at 11:30 just outside Myrtle Beach. Now, I am on a diet and I was doing really good all day so this really ate me up....I was starving and I was trying to keep on track, I ordered the chef salad, they tell me no-can-do we don't have any lettuce. OMG!!!!! Mumbling under my breath, I order eggs and hash browns. We finally got home at 3AM. I was tired, and aggravated.

Sound like I had a bad day??? Well this is how all outings with his family go. Welcome to my world. LOL