Traveling Circus
We are currently on the road, headed south to that state in which humidity does evil things to my hair and I get caught in the rain without an umbrella at least once. Because what’s Florida without a random torrential downpour?
We are in the car—all of us, me, the husband, kids, and the Ikea portable potty that, hopefully, only G will have to use. I would drink heavily beforehand but, we all know I can’t hold my alcohol and pee a lot. We have an empty container of baby wipes just in case.
However, we had no luck with the minivan and got a ‘full-size’ vehicle instead. I don’t know what that means, but I’m pretty sure that’s a direct insult to me. Not that I made the reservation but Enterprise probably interpreted the husband’s ‘Yes, I need a minivan for the week of July 11th’ for ‘I need to indirectly encourage my wife to stop eating chocolate covered pretzels. Could you please give me a vehicle that only really thin people can climb into the back seat to pee into empty baby wipes containers…’
Something like that.
So anyway, there’ll be a couple of guest posts within the next week so my blog’s not all dust and cobwebs when I get back. They’re from some ladies I consider awesome sauce. The kind you’d dip your 8-piece chicken nugget combo into, complete with fries, and a diet Coke for good measure.
Man, I’m hungry.










July 14th, 2010 at 8:15 am
i live in florida and alls i have to say about that top paragraph is “amen”. i commented today on the lunacy of this place being called “the sunshine state”. that nickname’s just crap. it really is.
and i once turned a 13 hour trip to oklahoma into a 20 hour trip due to my pea-sized bladder. just ask my sister…she LOVES to complain about it (being as how she was stuck with me on that particular venture).
July 14th, 2010 at 11:16 am
“Because what’s Florida without a random torrential downpour?”
Answer: February.
Wish you were coming to Tallahassee. We could have lunch!
July 14th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Have a wonderful trip! You will be missed.
I am wishing all the best for your bladder.
July 14th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Have a good trip! Wave as you pass through Central Florida! And good luck with the vehicle — we are looking to rent a minivan in a few weeks and I’m starting to panic about how many rental places are saying ‘none available’!!
July 15th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Have fun! Hope you survive the kids and the humidity!
July 21st, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Winston?