wet wet wet

Today is our third damp day in a row. Everything hurts.

The thing is, it usually only outright rains in the morning, which means we're not necessarily stuck indoors all day. Yesterday morning I moved out of "my" room in with the kids in preparation for my brother's arrival with his kids, then did more laundry (milk spilled all over the tablecloth at breakfast), then vaccuumed everything and straightened out the bathroom. By the time that was all done, it was time for lunch.

We went out to BK since we also needed groceries -- that was the plan, grab lunch, get food for dinner, and then go to the beach in the afternoon if the weather cooperated. Since the weather didn't cooperate, we ended up going to the Zooquarium in S. Yarmouth where we had a blast. A most excellent sea lion show. It's great that finally the kids are old enough so that we can actually read the information they put up at each tank about the fish and animals inside. The traffic down Cape wasn't too bad, although it was worse than I was hoping considering it's still technically pre-season.

We got back at 4:30 to find my bro already here -- I wasn't expecting him until 5 the earliest! So I was kicking myself, but they didn't care. The kids have been entertaining each other non-stop since then. I have to keep an ear out for DS2, the littlest of them, but so far he's only accidentally bumped his nose once. We even got them to bed at a decent hour last night and it seems everyone slept well, so hopefully today will go well.

Driving back from the Zooquarium yesterday afternoon I could feel how low my blood sugar was... I wasn't feeling sleepy, but it was hard for me to concentrate on the driving. Driving my mom's car weirds me out -- we have to keep the windows open, and I have always hated the noise and wind that results, but since the A/C doesn't work, keeping the windows closed isn't an option. It's OK for short trips to the beach, but there's no way I'm taking it up to Boston.

Decision day: drive to CT tonight, or tomorrow morning? I didn't sleep well last night but maybe I can grab a nap later. Now I'm wishing I had brought my Ambien, between the damp here and my already-flaring RA, sleep is just impossible. We'll have to see.