We made our way up the highway, cramped like sardines in my Honda Pilot. 8 people in an 8 passenger car…plus luggage, plus shopping packages(we had to stop at the outlet mall!). Don’t let the Honda people fool you…8 people do NOT fit comfortably in the Pilot…unless you are small children or midgets…or…Chinese gymnasts.
We finally arrived in Boyne, 7 hours after we pulled out of our driveway. 7 hours of listening to whining, fighting, crying and…are we there yet? Mind you…it’s only a 4 hour drive.
We were greeted by our friends, who were kind enough to open up their condo to our family.
So…we went from out 8 seater Honda to a 10 sleeper condo…the 13 of us. It worked out fine though! And…so far, so fun.
Last night…early this morning…not so much fun.
The little guy, who had fallen asleep with the babysitter…made his way to the pull out bed that my husband and I were asleep in. He climbed onto me. And five minutes pass…and he starts crying. And wheezing. And gasping for air. Good times, good times.
All early morning was spent alternating between cool outdoor air and steam shower.
Finally spent, we collapse onto the couch and he says to me…
“Mommy, I’m about to die.”
“What do you mean?” I ask him.
“Well, if you can’t breathe then you die. And, I can’t breathe so I’m going to die.”
Then, he proceeded to wheeze, gasp and cough. And…
He grabbed his action figures and went off to play with my friends son.
I’m assuming he is fine. His Black Spider Man killed Venom in a variety of vicious and horrendous ways.
So today, as long as he can still breathe and hasn’t died…we are going to a fair in Petosky. Sound fun? Yeah…it will be.
Hopefully it will take a few hours to drive the 1/2 hour to the fair…because, I could use a nap.
Remind me next time…no traveling with children. It is NOT conducive to rest and relaxation.
Hopefully we won’t have a repeat of last night!!
XOXO
I just realized I’m not on your blogroll.
*clutches heart*
*dies*
Glad to see that you made it there. Hope all is turning out well.
Love
*snicker* never EVER travel with kids.
unless they’re adults and you can have RIDICULOUS conversation at the table.
that’s my advice for the future 😉
Maria, I’m not there either…I think I’m about to die, too!!!
Traveling with children should not be called vacation. I have not come up with a word for it yet but it’s definitely not vacation.
Vacationing with children? Isn’t that an oxymoron? 🙂
Either way, I think you and I should meet on that island adventure we planned months back!
Ah, poor kid! I hope he doesn’t have any more episodes.
That’s definitely your child… “I’m going to die” 😉 (Didn’t you nearly died several times this winter?) I hope he’s better!
I am NOT envying you this trip. I was before I read the post, I mean, being able to drive somewhere as a family during the summer holiday sounded great until you doused it with reality. I am NOT going to tell you to”enjoy these times because before you know it they’re gone” (she says while hiding in the computer room from those “great times”).
Maybe a second honeymoon (with tickets for two) should be in the works? xoxo
I am SICK WITH ENVY that I didn’t think of this post title. Awesome post title.
My children are the absolute masters of obscure symptoms while on vacation. Worrying obscure symptoms. When we were in Spain last month, my son started breathing really noisily through his nose. Not quite wheezing, but close. I all but had him airlifted out of Andalusia.
Further questioning revealed that he was just doing it because it, “sounded interesting”.
Aww…poor boy! How sad that he thought he was going to die! I’ve been there, with kids not breathing well and its SCARY. Can only imagine its worse on vacation! Hope everything works out well and you have a kick ass time to show for your troubles!
That’s why the peeps are staying home when I go to New Orleans!
Travelling with kids is a trip, travelling without them….ahhh…now that’s a vacation !
I have asthma – he’s right, you really do think you’re going to die. Maybe there’s something in the condo he’s allergic to. Cats, dogs, smokers. Something they have you guys don’t have at home. Hope the rest of the week goes better and you can get some sleep.