I feel like a grown up..... and it's weird.
So far, I'm ok. I'm excited to see her at the end of the week but I really liked being able to sleep in after I stayed up a little too late.
Steve and I were talking about how weird it is to be a parent but not have your kid with you. Besides the obvious "empty hand" feeling it's weird because you could have 1 kid you could have 19 but if your kids aren't with you nobody ever has to know they even exist. When you get married, you wear a ring. It tells the world "Back off! I belong with someone!" But when you don't have your kids with you, usually, there are no outward signs they are there. (Gracie has yet to hurt me bad enough to leave a permanent mark)
I'm enjoying my time in "Hotlanta" (now I KNOW why they call it that). With Steve and Mike taking on a more consultant like role this year, we actually get to hang out some. We have gotten to eat together, explore the city a bit. Steve and I went to the World of Coke Museum. It was pretty cool. We got our picture taken with the polar bear. He was so cute! They have a tasting room with their products from all over the world. I really liked the Kiwi Apple Fanta. It was delish! I forget where it was from though. Some of them were not so good. One of them tasted like horrible cough syrup. It was gross. Yesterday I got to go the the world's largest aquarium with Dawn Vail and the kids. We had so much fun! Danny was running all over going "Oh wow. Mom look at this!. That is so cool! Look at that!" I think we stayed under the giant tank watching all the sharks for about a half hour! The aquarium has 3 whale sharks. They were huge! We got to see beluga whales, seals, otters, penguins, all kinds of fish, alligators, shrimp. Lol. I kid you not, they had a shrimp tank and you could touch them if you wanted. I don't know about you, but I can just go to the supermarket and touch them whenever I want. I got to touch sting rays and a small shark! It was so cool! The sting rays were really soft, kinda like those super soft baby blankets, but they were wet. The shark felt rubbery. It was really fun.
I love the Vails. The kids are so polite and fun to be with and Dawn is just so sweet! She just chats with everyone and makes friends wherever she goes. I like them more every time I get to see them!
We'll see how I do in the next few days of being away from Gracie but for now, I'm keeping busy and having fun!
