This time last year I was in a car with my two roommates on our way to Frankie's Fun Park, counting to 10, and screaming in the car, $100 or $30 on a Sigma Nu boy at the pledge auction, studying for exams/doing projects, and rocking my tacky Christmas sweater. This year.. none of that. I am writing lesson plans, stringing jingle bells with 4yr olds, going to 7yr old's karate parties, and preparing to have my tonsils taken out.
This weekend, Mom and I went to NC for my cousin's 7th birthday party. This reminded me of why I should not have children for a very very very very long time. With 11 kids doing karate, I was just fine when I left alone. I mastered 2 lego ships, 2 monster trucks, and beat a 7 yr old with my monster truck. I'd call the trip a success. Especially because it included fire alarms, cops, and an ambulance all at once. Let me explain. Mom and I were curled up in our hotel beds (don't worry, mom checked for bed bugs), watching a little SVU (Criminal Minds wasn't on..), and ERRR ERRR ERRRR. (Insert fire alarm here) We get our shoes on and head into the hall. The 17 yr old looking front desk girl was running up the stairs and she told us to go outside because "I don't know where it's coming from!" We go down the stairs, people peeking out their rooms and going back into them, and head outside. To our amazement, with the fire alarm blaring, there is not a fire truck as you would have thought, but an ambulance and 2 cop cars. As a few hotel customers gather, in walk the paramedics. One looks to the other and says "Why are these alarms going off?" hmmm. You're there for a reason unrelated to the fire alarm? Interesting.
In closing, I will leave you with a picture.
