Oh, What an Adventure!

     After we left the CAS Adoption Event we headed to Asheboro to stay the night and go to the Zoo on Sunday.  On our way to the hotel we stopped at the Pisgah Covered Bridge, which is one of two remaining covered bridges in NC.  It was so cool and I got some pretty good pictures.  But, from the time we got to the hotel everything was an adventure.  We unloaded our bags and as we were unloading I realized that mine and the girls' cosmetic bags were missing.  Mine had everything I needed except my clothes including my heart medicine, which there was no way I would be able to walk to Zoo without it.  The girls' bag had all their hair stuff and toothbrushes.  My pharmacy at home was already closed for the day, so I had to call Duke and try to get the cardiologist on call to call me in a prescription to a local pharmacy.  I thought it would take forever and be a major pain, but the Dr. on call was awesome and so was the local pharmacy.  It only took about 45 minutes from the time I called Duke to the time I left the pharmacy with my medicine and all other necessities that us girls needed.  We then went to eat dinner which was nice, everyone behaved and we had a good time.  Then when we got back to the hotel we decided to go get in the indoor heated pool and hot tub.  When we got down there the water was freezing, Daniel wouldn't even get in with John Mac, so just the girls swam and only for a little bit.  We got back to the room and settled in for the night, at 9pm I cut out the lights and everyone got in their beds.  John Mac was in the hotel's Pack-N-Play, he was NOT happy.  He is our best sleeper and usually falls right to sleep, but I guess being away from home was not his idea of fun.  We let him cry for 20 minutes, then got him out and put him in our bed, he would not settle down, so I put him back in the his bed at 9:42pm and at 9:52pm the front desk was calling to see if there were any adults in the room, we had been reported for a crying baby.  Daniel was not happy, he told us all to get up and start packing, he was not going to torture John Mac or others with his not being happy.  The girls were upset, but they understood, I promised them that we would come to the Zoo another time.  When we got downstairs the front desk clerk was begging up to stay and telling us that the call they got was not a complaint, but a concern that there may not be an adult in the room since the baby was crying and not stopping.  I can completely understand this, what I cannot understand is the fact that they had 8 cars in the parking lot and put all 8 people/families in rooms practically side by side.  I know for cleaning purposes it's easier, but I know of at least 3 families that had small children, so you were bound to get some crying.  Anyway, the clerk convinced us to stay and gave us another room away from people.  We finally got settled back in and about 12am John Mac was asleep, he woke and stirred at 3am and then was up for good at 4am.  He then dosed back off for 30 minutes between 5:30am-6:00am.  He is usually our 11-13 hour a night sleeper without waking up.  I just knew he would be a mess at the Zoo, but he was so well behaved.  We ended up having a fabulous time on Sunday despite all the drama in Saturday. 

Pisgah Bridge and Hotel Pictures

Zoo Slideshow