We really should get big points for trying so hard to go places and do things.
That being said, here are our trip highlights:
I packed and loaded up the van with unusual ease. I even remembered extra batteries for the camera! I packed the necessary chargers. Q-tips. Even adequate theme park supplies.
I was at the top of my game.
We rolled into San Antonio without incident around 3:30pm on Sunday afternoon. We found our hotel with exceeding finesse.
We watched the Cowboys barely win.
It was around this point that I began to have the types of thoughts I should have had the NIGHT BEFORE...
I said, "Babe, did you get the tickets?"
That comment preceded the end of fun.
Him: "What do you mean?"
Me: "I mean our rain checks to Sea World."
They had been in his wallet since we went and got rained out in July. I bought him a new wallet for our anniversary in November. Naturally, to avoid hearing me gripe, he straight-away changed his wallet and its contents over to the new one. Well, most of the contents anyway.
Him: "This is not a funny joke."
Me: " I wish I were joking."
Him: "Come on.... You're being serious... oh man..."
Me: "It's ok, surely they'll have a record of our purchase..."
The Next Morning at Sea World Guest Services Desk
"We have no way to trace our rain checks, you are responsible for them once they are issued."
Me: (facing the very real possibility that we will have to tell our kids who are currently chanting 'Shamu! Shamu! Shamu!' that they may not be seeing Shamu today) "Is there nothing else we can do here?"
Employee left and returned a few minutes later with the option of repurchasing Half-price tickets. Stab me through the heart.
I turned to Chris and told him to call the shots. I am way too cheap to swallow THAT pill.
He agreed to pay 1/2 price for the tickets - it was, after all, completely our fault and very nice of them to accommodate us that way.
We then entered the park and had a miraculously great time. We made lots of wonderful memories! One of which was getting to ride a roller coaster for the first time with my hubby!
If you have never had the opportunity to ride a roller coaster with your spouse, I highly suggest it! It was very eye-opening. That's all I can say about that!!
A very O. vacation.
4 comments:
I'm glad you ended up having a great time....even with the extra expense. Gotta love Shamu.
I am so sorry that you left your rain checks here. That sounds like something I do quite frequently. We would have purchased the 1/2 price tickets as well.
One time we went to sea world, and on the first day our car got broke into. The night guard said they were having a rash of burglaries in the parking lot. We decided that we would still stay the rest of the week and have fun anyway.
I am glad ya'll finally got to have your summer vacation.
Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!
what's a family vacation without a major hiccup?
not a family vacation, that's what.
yea for sea world! i always remember loving sea world.
snicker, snicker... giggle, giggle... ha ha ha ha ha ha That's just too stinkin' funny!!!
seriously though, I'm glad all ended up well. you & hunny didn't "kill" each other and the kids weren't disappointed. I'm very proud of you guys! We, on the other hand, would have had a round of "...whose responsibility it was, why we must be organized to the point of anal retentativeness, why one person can't do everything under the sun, blah, blah, blah, etc" and then gone home because I am way too beyond frugal-ness!! lol
and Happy Thanksgiving! I hope it's a another very O. occassion! ;)
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