A Roller Coaster Day!

Today was a roller coaster of a day if I have ever had one.  It started with getting up early and being on cloud nine because Noby and I were heading to the beach.  On the way we were even going to stop at Salvation Army and do our good deed by dropping off all our donations.  We were on cloud nine!

I was a little bummed when I couldn’t fit all the donations in the car but overall I was very happy to get rid of what was I could fit!

Really nothing else was going to fit in this car!  We made our drop off, got some DD and headed to the beach.  We made excellent time and were at the beach in no time at all.  I was even thinking “why haven’t we been here in 3 weeks, the drive was so easy!”  Kathy was waiting for us at the condo and I went to to grab our clothes to change for the beach.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! The bag of ALL our clothes, I mean ALL of them was NOT in the car!  No clothes, No diapers, No BATHING SUITS!  I had no idea what to do.  I wanted to cry.

Off to Walmart we went.  We would solve this.  I had hope high hopes.  All we needed was a change of clothes for both of us and some bathing suits.  We would do laundry at night, it’s not a big deal at all.  It would be great!

At Walmart we headed right to the kid section.  Hummmm No bathing suits. Ummm ok, we could figure this out…  Shorts and shirts on clearance rack would work.  We got two sets, one to swim in and one to change into after.  We grab diapers, swim diapers and some pajamas to sleep in! Done, YEAH!!

Off to the Maternity Section. Walking around, walking around… I grab a pair of pajamas, check.  Looking for the Maternity section.  Walking, looking…. nothing.  I stop to ask where it is.  THEY DON”T HAVE ONE???  WHAT?!?!  People in Westerly, RI don’t get pregnant?  They don’t need Maternity clothes?   Hummmm Off to the Woman’s Department.  Again, no bathing suits.  UGH.  I grab a few pairs of shorts and a couple of UGLY shirts and we head to the beach!  In the back of my head, I kept thinking, I should just go home.

Once at the beach I remember why we were there.  It was soo nice, soo relaxing, I was sooo happy.  And so was Noby.  Right away Sarah took him in the water he so excited.  He was in heaven!

I was still bummed about the clothes and was texting with Ichiro from the beach.  SOMEHOW it was suggested that we drive half way to meet, so I could get the bag.  I felt VERY guilty about this but at the same time really REALLY wanted our bag.  Ichiro was still in NY, he still had to take the train to Boston, a cab home from the train station.  Could I really ask him to jump in the car and drive 2 hours just so I could have some clothes?  He kept saying he didn’t mind and I kept thinking how much I wanted it.

In the end that was the plan.  I put Noby to bed and waited for Ichiro to call that he was home.  We both jumped in our cars and headed out.  We met in Providence and I got to see my husband that I haven’t seen since Friday morning when I dropped him off at work AND I got my bag!!!  It was a win win for me!   I can’t thank Ichiro enough, he’s making the rest of our stay here in Westerly  so much better!

All in all the day ended on a high note.  It was a roller coaster but everything ends well here in Westerly.