Vacation?????

When I was small, vacations were what your parents took to get some rest, and relaxation away from the daily grind. Now that I'm an adult, vacations are usually anything but that! This past weekend, my hubby and I took the kids to Atlanta to visit with friends, and to go to the Georgia Aquarium. To me, it sounded good. My husband desperatly needed the time away because he consumes all of his day and night worrying about his hectic, stressfull job and then adds more work to that by taking on side jobs for the weekend, so we can have a little more money and try to stay on top of everything. So a weekend away was just what the doctor (me) ordered! We set out friday afternoon, and begin driving the short trip to the state next door...the kids were excited, hubby was slightly relieved that noone could call him and ask that he do something, and I was stoked that the fam was going to spend quality time together for 3 days straight! Just as we drove past the state line, we run into construction on the roads, and traffic is backed up. I'm cool with that...until the "cool" ran out. The engine on our van began running hot (again! it did it back in February of this year when we drove to Orlando, and ended up costing $2000 to get our air conditioner fixed!), the air blowing our of the vents was anything but cold, and we had to sit in traffic and watch the needle tick further and further up. I was saying silent prayers to the Lord, and finally the traffic started moving and we were able to see the needle tick back down (but only after rolling the windows down and turning on the heat. I'm a woman, and I don't quite get why that works because I dont' understand "car talk" but I'm just glad it did work.) So we made it to our friends house, unloaded the car and spent the evening celebrating a birthday for my hubby's childhood friend. It was really a great night. The next day, we headed out to the Georgia Aquarium. Now for the most part, I don't really enjoy aquariums. To me, it's just one fish right after another. I've been to the aquarium in Chattanooga, Nashville, and New Orleans, and they were all the same to me (best one being NewOrleans if I had to choose). Well, for the most part, we all enjoyed our visit to the aquarium, but we all had the same complaints...First of all-GEORGIA PEOPLE ARE RUDE(more specifically-Atlanta people!) No offense to those who are from Georgia, and especially if you are not one of the rude ones, but I'm sorry, we had people running into us in this very crowded space and rarely did we hear anyone say "excuse me" to us. There were even people running over the kids and then looking disgusted that they shared the same air space with them. It's definatley not the southern hospitality that we are used to. And our second complaint is for the aquarium itself...the flow of traffic is pathetic! We walk into this large circular center court, and all along the walls are the different areas of attractions. The flow of traffic was fine once you got into the different types of aquariums, but if your in the centre and need to go to the restroom: GOOD LUCK!
At the end of the day, my dawgs were barkin'!!! I felt like I had been at Disney World for 5 days straight and all that walking was going to be the death of me! But overall, it was a great trip. We finished Sunday off at the North Georgia State Fair, and once again, the feet were tortured. It was a fun, and exhausting vacation. Vacation? There is that word again. So maybe I need to come up with a better word. It wasn't relaxing...but we still had a blast!
J