Sorry gals, I’m flaking out again

No Thoughts for Thursday for me…. again.  Today was a rough day.  One of those "I love you but I just can’t stand to be around you" days with my child.  Porter woke up at 6am (something he RARELY does… like once in a blue moon) and we of course had a trip to the zoo planned today.  He was whiny all morning as we tried to get ready to leave. We did the zoo thing, had a great time but it was super hot.  By the way, the St. Louis Zoo is by far the best zoo I’ve ever been to in my life, and it is FREE!!  Awesome.  Just a few pics from today…

I took off from Heather and Ryan’s around 7:20 (MO time.  8:30 MI time).  But, for the sake of our sanity lets stick with the MO time as that’s kind of what P and I have adjusted to this week. 

We left at 7:30 and I hoped P would fall asleep by 9pm.  He did… after 20 min of fussing and 15 minutes of me singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat, the ABC’s and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  FINALLY.

And, I guess I can "sort of" do a TFT post.  Here are some random thoughts I had while driving.  (Yes, I did jot them down WHILE DRIVING.  My notes are chicken scratch, I promise.  I didn’t take my eyes off the road).

• I wish I could blog while driving.  I had SO many blog thoughts running through my head.  I mean, seriously, what else is there to do for 4 hours in the car with only one other person who can’t hold a conversation?
• Driving alone sucks. 
• Especially at night. 
• when you have a migraine
• and a screaming toddler in the backseat who wants you to read them The. Freaking. Book. Right. Now. Dammit. 
• Sappy Blessed Union of Souls cd isn’t the greatest choice when you’re lonely in the car, in the dark (which is super scary by the way) and emotional about leaving a good friend in another city, missing home and still in the middle of contemplating some major life decisions. 
• Driving at night is lonely.  Especially when you’re alone.  The highway in Illinois is desolate.  Screaming toddler… trapped in car b/c I’m too scared to stop at a rest area in the dark, or even pull over for his freaking "LINE"  (aka Lion).  The thought of a hotel room alone is scary. 
• Can you tell what was on my mind… Lonely.  Scary.
• Why did that semi just flash their lights at me?  Is there a cop up ahead they’re warning me about?  Is something wrong with my car?  Is there a murderer in my backseat that he saw and he’s warning me about?
• Get gas before your kid falls asleep, because he WILL wake up when you stop for gas, and continue to SCREAM for 40 minutes because he’s locked in a carseat.
• Why did our house get listed wrong for nearly 3 weeks?  We had 3 showings scheduled yesterday, in which I’m pretty positive my husband busted his ass to make our house spic and span.  Only to have all 3 cancel because our house was wrongly listed at $78,000 and none of the potential buyers were approved for a $99k loan.