We said we would play it by ear. With two two and under you never know what a day may bring. It was excruciating packing in the heat and getting everything under way. There was not an inch of empty space in the van.
Next we would make our rounds to tell everyone goodbye and hold precious little Eli one more time. We had been given the okay to stop for the night if we needed to. Somehow that was our ace in the hold. We wouldn't have to drive for ten hours if everything fell apart.
At three o'clock pm we drove onto I 95. Within minutes the boys were asleep. We had it made.
I think both of us knew when we left Savannah that we were not going to stop for the night, but we couldn't say it out loud. The effort it would have taken to unload supplies from the carefully put together puzzle in the back of the van would have taken more than either of us could have mustered up.
We drove on amid crying and happiness....Amanda perched on a big box of pampers in between the two back seats holding a bottle of milk in Eli's mouth, soothing one or the other, playing and singing or whatever else it took. Jake had his videos and Amanda and I had our music. On and on we went.
We picked up some bar-b-que sandwiches at Maurice's in SC. One of my favorite places.....so good! We ate them while driving. We felt like Thelma and Louise with babies. We had the wind at our tail.
If it hadn't been for the bottle of grenadine syrup that spilled out all over the floor in the front of the van it would have been a trip without incidence. Red and sticky, it oozed between my toes and stuck to my shoes. I doubt the stain will ever come out.
By the time we reached the DC it was slightly into Saturday morning. We were all four in various stages of stupers. Bubba was waiting in the parking garage for the weary travelers.
I grabbed the tiny one, Bubba and Amanda each got a pack- n- play and up we came to home....it never looked so good. Jake had to walk and he could barely stand up. He was definitely a weeble that wobbled, but didn't fall down.
God said through the prophet Jeremiah:
"For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes." 31:25
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