Where's Andrew?

This post is about the fact that Andrew has lost his short-term memory - and is driving me insane!   I cannot even count how many times in the last 48 hours that he has said to me, "I'll be right behind you", or "I'll just run to the car for _______ and I'll be right back!".  Yeah - right back my butt!!!   Seriously, he's gone for like an HOUR when he says these things.....what the hell is he doing?  Most of the time, he just gets all ADD on me and gets side tracked on stupid stuff....but last night, in Myrtle Beach, he went down to the car after we let the kids swim in the ocean at midnight - I needed to get them up to bed, so he said, "I'm gonna grab what we need from the car and be right behind you".  30 minutes later, Andrew is nowhere to be found and does not have his cell phone.  So, I'm seething by this point.  One of the things he needed to get was an air mattress for Seth to sleep on, so nobody could go to sleep until he was back up there......finally, I go out of our door, and into the hallway, where there is another "doorway" into our suite area and there is Andrew, blowing up the air mattress - manually - with all of our stuff strewn about.  He had been there for about 30 minutes......knocking on that hallway door!  I, of course, did not hear him b/c I was bathing the kids, etc.....and he was just sitting there...waiting and waiting - and filming himself waiting (b/c of course he had the video camera!).  I felt bad for about a second and then I wanted to kill him again.  

Tonight was another "where's Andrew?" moment - he disappears and leaves me with kids - I'm thinking I'm gonna have to give him a taste of his own medicine at some point on this trip!  

Today we were at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA - and we are here until about noon tomorrow, when we drive into DC for the night.  This place is AWESOME!!!!  There a few of these scattered throughout the US, and I must say, it's definitely expensive, but totally worth it for the kids.  They nearly peed their pants when we checked in today!  And they are finally in bed, after playing on the indoor water slide and then mini golf, the arcade, and the internet/gaming area - and of course, an awesome buffet!  I am happy as can be!  My kids are old enough to let them check in every once in a while and do their thing, (and Andrew was with them anyway!), and I was able to sit and relax for a little while!

Andrew and I agreed that we definitely need to come back to Myrtle Beach, and also North Carolina.  We wanted to see Wilmington, but didn't have time to stop in and check out the city.  We really would like to at some point - but since Andrew has a speeding ticket in NC now, I'll be driving through that state from now on if we ever return!!!  

It's so beautiful here; I've NEVER seen the Atlantic Ocean before yesterday.  And I was amazed at how warm it was, even at midnight.  I definitely need to spend more time on the East Coast!!

The next 2 days will be insane, as we are in DC and NYC.  We are driving machines!!!  I do have to point out that Andrew has driven this ENTIRE trip, with the exception of Houston to White Castle....seriously, he truly is the phantom driver.  I can't believe he's driven so much for so long....I keep offering to drive and he won't let me !  ;o   I'm sure I'll drive a lot on the way back from Niagara Falls to Kansas City - that is gonna be horrible!!   Oh, I forgot - I'm not thinking about that right now!!!

I'll try to post some pics soon - I'm posting a lot on Facebook, and it's so much easier than posting on here  - this just takes forever! 

More from DC tomorrow....