Day 2

Well. We didn't leave until after dark. Ha! There was just too much to do and the yard was all dug up. We completely missed the graduation party we were in Rochester for. But at least we did actually leave before Day 1 was officially over. And it's ok because we got to spend some time with Zach's family today. Jacob was so damn excited that he stayed awake for the first half of the ride here. He's up in the front seat, by the way. The RV people told us this vehicle would take a carseat just fine, but as soon as we went to take a look at it, I knew it would be a problem. Besides the two front seats, all the others are side facing. Any carseat safety-obsessed parent of this generation knows you can't put a carseat side facing. All the safety features in a carseat are there to protect a child rear-facing or front-facing. So the AAA people decided that we'd have to put him in the front seat. Apparently you can't disable the airbag in the model we have. For real? They had to get on the phone with some kind of carseat specialist to figure out what to do, and I had to sign a waiver about them putting it in the front with an airbag. I know this sounds crazy, but you have to understand I'm convinced we're going to die in this thing and I want to do all I can to prevent that. So there's me in the back, with only a lap belt. Great, Zach and Jacob will be alive and well, but I'll be there with a broken back. Anyway, Zach doesn't have a head rest on his seat so I guess he'll have a broken neck. We'll be even. Our child will probably manage to get off with only a broken nose from the airbag.

This all sounds very dark and pessimistic, but another thing you have to understand is if I say these things outloud then it's like there's less of a chance of it actually happening.

Well, we did the Strong Museum with the M. family. I think Zach and I would both agree that we're already so tired, and we love our friends so much that we'd really like to just stay here the whole week and hang out with them. But oh boy, this museum is the greatest thing I have ever seen! We'd better hit the road now or we're never going to make it to Ohio or wherever it is we're planning for tonight. First we have to stop at Wegman's and load up on some stuff - the hot item on my list is air freshener for the bathroom because even though we haven't used the facilities in there yet, whatever is under there friggin reeks! Oh, and I've already had two minor accidents in the RV while we've been driving. I keep tripping over stuff. There's the sore wrist, the bruise on my shin and the scrape running the length of my ulner. Look it up.

I'll post pictures as soon as we get some wireless internet access!

Happy trails....