Utah or Bust!
We made it to Utah. What’s more fun than taking a 1-year-old and 5-year-old for a 36 hour drive? Well, a lot of things, but we made it. It wasn’t that bad. We just stopped at various places that claimed to have playlands whenever the Zackmonster started screaming for freedom. He doesn’t cry, just screams this manly lion scream, “I can’t take this car-seat any more!”
We stopped in Telluride, Colorado to ride the free Gondola up and down the mountain. I can’t say enough BAD things about this snooty little town. Everyone we met was extremely rude to us. They were entirely unamused by children. One guy said he was going to charge us for letting Zack pet his mangy dog.
Rich half-drunk geezer layed on his horn in a violent and angry manner because myself, holding the baby and my five-year-old little girl were taking too long to cross the street.
“What the fuck is wrong with you, stupid asshole!” I screamed and he screamed a bunch of stuff back at me and my two kids while he passed us.
Ainsley was shocked at such rude and poor behavior.
“Did that guy call us idiots, Mommy? He was so rude.”
“Oh good, she was listening to his obscenities and not mine,” I said to myself.
In retrospect there just happened to be a wine festival going on so they were probably all thinking, “What kind of parents take their children to a wine festival?”
Then to my paternal grandparents house, and guess what? I am still allergic to cats. I wasn’t as a child or young adult, so I keep thinking I might be confused about the matter. I had cats as pets for many years, but now they make me physically ill. There is really not enough Zertec or Benedryl in the world to make it okay for me to spend the night in a cat infested house.
Also, the baby really is allergic to milk. I always think we can substitute milk in cases where you know, the gas station isn’t selling soy milk in New Mexico and we just can’t keep a half-gallon of milk in a hot car for 3 days. But, no, the baby will, every single time, get a nasty fire bum rash.
Ah, but I’m in a great mood as we’re on vacation and going to do touristy stuff in Salt Lake City today. My mom even left gift baskets in all of our guest rooms - yeah, full of groovy stuff. Isn’t that so Oprah, Rachel Ray or Martha Stewart?
My brother’s baby is so flippin adorable I want to eat her up with her fuzzy hair and big blue eyes. My whole family thinks my kids are just the cat’s pajamas.
Life is Fabulous!
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2 opinions for Utah or Bust!
Gayla McCord
Jul 3, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I’d happily trade you 4 teens for your 2 for a week. Not that it would be any better or worse, but it sure would be a nice change of scenery :)
Have fun and have a safe trip back home!
Tracee Sioux
Jul 4, 2007 at 9:16 am
Perhaps you’ve forgotten how high maintenance a one-year-old who can walk and run is. In which case, you’ve got a deal! I’ll just take the teenagers to the mall and tell em to meet me later. Then it’s a whole afternoon off.
Tracee
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