I love the zoo. Yeppers, I sure love the zoo. I can go anytime I want because I got a membership and I can drag a friend with me so I don't have to wonder around the zoo alone. I don't even mind (very much anyway) that a double stroller with twins in it becomes an attraction at the zoo for everyone else. Yes, I hear you as I pass by "Look, twins!" And no I'm not stopping so you can admire them because this stroller is getting heavy and I'm pushing up a slight incline.
Anyway I'd go a lot more if I had a car during the day. But today was to be the day I went with my friend Heather (she's the one that came up with the nail brush to remove stains! Yea Heather!). But alas, she had to cancel due to lack of gas funds. Understandable. So we're going tomorrow instead. Yea Zoo!
Today was quite the adventure though. It started off craptastic with babies beating me up. When we finally got out of bed and had breakfast I was in such a bad mood! Bob has thrush, I was so Tired! The kind where you sit down and cry. So I called my friend Sarah and she said she'd be right over, which is awesome of her 'cause it's an hour drive!
Then I found out my MIL was going to be home after all, and I really wasn't facing a day alone. Since we have a standing agreement that she'll come to the zoo with me I asked if she'd like to today because some of her plans fell through. She said that there wouldn't be time. It'd be 12:30 by the time we got there and she'd have to leave by 3:00. It wouldn't be worth it.
Uh.... that's 2 1/2 hours at the zoo. With twins. Strapped into a stroller. Twins that aren't even a year old yet and the most exciting thing at the zoo so far as they're concerned is the wooden poles that make up the fences around the real fences that hold in the animals.
Oh well, didn't really want to go to the zoo anyway, I was in a crappy mood and Sarah was on her way to keep me sane.
Then Jeff calls and tells me his plans fell through and he was going to come strait home after work so I could have the car to go to the zoo! Yea!!
But when Sarah got here she suggested I come back with her and the idea came up that she could drop me off at the zoo and Jeff could pick me up on his way home. I couldn't reach Jeff to see what he thought, said "What the hell" and off we went, babies, stroller and all.
We had a blast! It was so random and fun. We stopped at Arby's and got this amazing phily cheese stake *drool* sandwich and ended up with free curly fries! Yum! Anyway, I finally got ahold of Jeff who tells me he's getting off work early, can't talk right then, but wasn't too thrilled with the idea of me coming down there. Since the zoo was out now because Jeff won't come with me (boo!) he asked what I was going to do once I got down there. I said he could pick me up and take me home.
You would have thought I was asking him to date his sister.* "What? Come all the way down just to come home?"
So we get there and there's a mix up about where to pick me up, but that gets sorted out and Jeff's none too happy with me because I waisted something, and he had to make a detour to pick me up. Whatever, Sarah and I had a blast! So many things had come together to help cheer me up. I really felt that someone up there was looking out for me, you know.
But here's the thing I keep thinking. Why does everything I do have to be productive, efficient and worth it? Where does it say I can't have a waisted effort, a plan not working out or a random trip to the valley just to turn around and come back? No one used more gas than they would have anyway and I got out of the house. Maybe I'm feeling like I can't live up to some expectation that may or may not be there.
I mean, let's face it here folks, there is no way I'm spending all day at the zoo. With twins. It stops being fun real quick. So if it's not worth it to someone, fine. It's not about what it's worth, it's about ME. No really. It's about getting ME out of the house, out with MY friends, seeing the animals I want to see. Walking so I can lose weight, and getting out of the house so I don't have to look at the mess that I'm not cleaning up.
To sum up: I'm going to the zoo- yes, again! and no, we won't be there long.
*yep, a trip waisted is THAT obscene.
