Man oh man! These trips really take a lot out of me. Most of you know I fell several years ago and screwed up my back. We went to the Cleveland Zoo for two days five years ago, before I screwed up my back. I walked around the Zoo for two days with not a problem.

The Toledo zoo is about half the size of the Cleveland Zoo and it was torture for me. I shuffled the last hour and ended up sitting on a picnic table while John took the kids shopping. I am so sore it's not funny. It burns me up that in five years I went from a healthy, active mom to one who can't even walk a mile without being in pain.

Anyway, the hotel we stayed at had a hot tub and that was spectacular! The pool was small but both times we all went swimming, we had the place to ourselves. The first night I slept with Becca, who still moves around the bed as if she's a worm or something. I woke up on my back, with her legs under my legs and her upper half was hanging off the bed. The next night I slept with Dev, who happens to have about 1% body fat and is always freezing. He rolled himself up into the covers and all I could see was his eyes.

Spangler Candy Company was a disappointment. We rode on a trolly but didn't see any candy being made. Instead we saw the thrilling packing room! The sexy receiving room! The thrill a minute wrapping machine that wraps the skids of candy! *yawn* They did have a dvd showing how they made candy but that was it.

Went to Cabela's which is a huge outdoors store. Becca took tons of pictures of all the dead things hanging on the wall or posing attacking other dead things. Bought salt water taffy and ate too much of it. *groan*

Thanks for all of you guys, especially my ikkou family. You have no idea how much I'm gonna need you in the next few weeks. We're planning on telling the kids sometime this week. I'm letting John tell them cause as the parent who is leaving, he should be the one to explain himself to them. We got into an argument this afternoon because he "thought I should be happy that he's moving and going back to school to fulfill himself and find himself".

I could have cheerfully shot him but I'm too tired to clean up blood and guts. Becca is becoming concerned about her weight (thanks asshole MIL who told her that she was a pretty little chunky gal) and has stopped eating breakfast and lunch and will only drink water. She was upset with me being at Martha's Vineyard for 4 days, I can't imagine how she's gonna handle John leaving.