day from hell

OH.MY.GOD.

Today should've been a happy, happy, joy, joy kind of day. After all, it's my son's 10th birthday.

But it wasn't.

I might have crammed a little too much activities in one day: lunch at Bonanza, science center and West Edmonton waterpark. The waterpark closes at 7pm and we got there at 5:15 pm. I thought, no problem, an hour and forty five minutes should be just enough time to tire the kids out to enjoy swimming.

But this is what happened.

1. We parked on the wrong side of West Edmonton Mall. For those who haven't been there, they have 58 entrances. We couldn't have parked further from the waterpark entrance if we tried. I thought, that's okay, we still have an hour and forty five. Nope. Know what irritates me at malls? When people walk in a row blocking the whole aisle. And they don't walk fast either. I'm normally a patient person when it comes to stuff like this. The mall is my happy place, after all. But today, I might have yelled patiently said, "For the love of God, MOVE!" And they did..

2. Never again would I buy shoes for $6.00. There's a reason why there were a shit load of them on clearance. About halfway to the waterpark was when I decided to hurl them across the mall. Okay I didn't but I almost did. The back of my ankles are raw. I would've taken a picture of it to show you but I didn't want to gross you out. Okay I do, why should I suffer alone? But I just couldn't walk to get the camera right now, my feet still hurts. But despite the agony, we made it to the waterpark at 5:30pm. Yes, we "power walked" for 15 minutes. That's how big this mall is.

3. And since men just couldn't multitask the way mothers can, I decided to take Zach with me to the ladies room while Will takes Kyle and his friend with him to the mens change room. Oh, did I forget to mention we took one of Kyle's friend with us? Know what they say about girls talking too much? Well boys do too. In fact, they literally DID NOT STOP TALKING for twelve hours.
So anyways, guess whose bag I ended up taking with me to the change room. I wanted to rip my clothes off "incredible hulk" style when I realized I had taken Will's swim pants instead. I could just imagine how much more embarassing it was for him taking out a bikini. ***snicker*** So it probably took another 10 minutes looking for each other so we could trade bags.

4. Finally, around quarter to, we were in the water. It was nice. The water was warm, there was a gentle wave, the kids were happy...

Until the lifeguards kicked everybody out of the water at 6:00pm as there was an "accident". No, nobody drowned or got hurt. It's that kind of "accident". Kind of like the "accident" Zach had a few minutes later. But I will get to that part in a bit here. They had to shut down the pool area because it was contaminated. At this point, I'm seething. Are you kidding me? We paid $120.00 so we can "wade" in the kiddie pool for an hour? But that's not the best part...

5. Zach had an accident in his pants. Enough said. I'm just glad he wasn't anywhere near the water at the time. I'm pretty sure he doesn't appreciate me telling this to everyone. But tough shit!***snicker***

So here I am now, in the comfort of my own home. A bottle glass of wine in my hand. The only consolation that I have (and the only one that I need) is when the kids said "we had the bestest time ever" before they fell asleep.