A not so good day

I had the great idea to take a family Saturday trip to the Rock Ranch. It is owned by the Cathy family of Chick-fil-A fame, known for it's farm feel and family atmosphere. Mind you, I have never been there before and only know one person who has... she highly recommended it. They were having a "free" Easter egg hunt for kids as well as a storyteller, pics with the Easter Bunny, etc. Sounds like fun day, eh? Well, we set out from Atlanta to drive there. Should've taken 1 hr, took about 1.5 on the way there b/c of some traffic. Things are still good though b/c the weather is nice... but the girls aren't sleeping like I'd hoped. After getting off the interstate and driving for what felt like miles, we finally arrive on the ranch ... as does the rest of the greater Macon and Columbus area with their entire extended family in tow. There were a million cars and people there. The first thing we noticed was that we had to park very far from where the egg hunt was. They had hayrides to transport you, but the lines were insane. That was the theme of the day... long lines. Being pregnant, I had to use the bathroom as soon as we got there. I waited 25 minutes. They had 3 stalls in the womens' bathroom for at least 3000 people. Need I elaborate... ok, I will. There was one small playset for all 2000 kids, smaller than a McDonald's type of deal. And then for the kicker... the egg hunt. They had 16,000 eggs and divided into age groups for 4 different groups. Do you know how many eggs our girls got between the 2 of them? 7 -- that's right... only seven.

I know I'm being so negative and should be grateful for the family time, the nice weather and the scenery. Please forgive me... the day just started to get comical from here. I felt so guilty b/c I knew Lover was miserable and could not believe we had driven so far for this racket. We decided to ditch after the egg hunt (after being there 1.5 hrs maybe -- 25 minutes of that in line for the toilets). We stood in line for the hayride, thinking "at least we'll let our girls ride this and have some adventure before we leave." We missed the first ride and waited for the second. When it arrived, it had 2 places where you could get on. So the line broke up and people poured into both entrances... guess who got cut off? yep, us. We were so frustrated at this point, we walked back to the car, hot and pregnant (one of us) with kids on our backs. To top it all off, it took 2 hrs to get home. Neither child slept a wink and were so needy the whole way...... lesson learned!

I promise I won't be so negative in the future... just had to remember this day!