Roadtrip

Didn't realize it's been several weeks since I've written. One week we were out of state, but I'll get to that later plus all kinds of other things. Hey, how's everyone doing? So the last time I wrote, we were taking Mia to the Wisconsin State Fair. It was very very busy, but she had a lot of fun. She ended up spending a lot of time on the rides. That's right. RIDES. If we would have had more money, she would have ridden them all. She ended up going on roughy 5 or more rides including my fav one, a small Harley that popped a wheelie. I sat in the side car and it was hilarious watching her pop a wheelie yelling "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" in pure excitement. She also rode a ferris wheel too. Probably the biggest ride she's ever been on. It was a great time, and we all had fun.

So last week Wednesday, we packed up the car and headed down to Indiana (first stopping in Illinois to  drop off Remi). I was slightly concerned leaving Illinois later then hoped since it's a 5 hour drive, but Mia was able to squeeze in a much-needed nap in that time frame allowing us some quiet driving. When she woke up, she was hungry and had to go potty, which was perfect because we could stop at some McDonalds in the middle of nowhere in Indiana. Showed Mia what a corn field looks like (exciting right??) and explained that's where corn comes from. Corn is probably her all-time favourite veggie. Anyways, after dinner we headed back on the road to Greenwood. She was good the rest of the way, and had to make yet another potty stop, except we didn't see any places to stop. We got off the freeway and got her out to pee in a field. Bladder shy, and didn't even have to go. Crap. Oh well. Got back on and made it to Jill's friend's house (Jacqui, Rick and their kiddo Caleb) Jill's got 3 really close friends and this week was about them getting to spend the time together. Leanne came in too from Illinois, and her friend Nicole also lived in Indiana. One of the days, they went out and shopped and I watched the kids. Gave me a reality check on what it would be like having twins. Yikes. One wants to watch shows about firefighters, one wants to watch Tinkerbell. Sounds fun right? We went to the park and they had fun running around.

The next day we took the kids to the Indiana Children's Museum. Mia was crabby part of the trip, but she had fun in the China exhibit. Specifically the Chinese restaurant. The kids could make pretend food in woks and bring it out to the parents sitting at the tables. She bad a blast doing this. She got her name written in Chinese too but a calligraphy writer. We rode the Great Wall of China slide before heading home for the day. One of the last things we did was go to the Indiana State Fair. Jill's aunt drove in from Ohio and was here for that day adventure. Mia went on a few rides, but just didn't seem as excited as she was for the Wisco fair. She really enjoyed watching this small marching band group playing songs. They all dressed silly and one of them let her play on the buttons of his sax. Easily her new fav instrument. She had a wonderful time swimming in the pool at Aunt Gail's hotel. The day of our departure, she was being all cute and fun with Caleb, then surprisingly kissed him. When I show her the photo of her kissing him, she goes " I DONT KNOW WHY I KISSED THAT BOY! BOYS ARE GROSS" The ride home was long, but we made it. Mia had a great time. Sadly, I brought back a congestion and cold and have been stuck with it since Monday :( Now Mia's stuffed up. Poor girl.

After work Monday I received the devastating news about Robin Williams's suicide. A tragic loss for his family and the film industry. His depression got the best of him and it's heartbreaking. I remember getting up on Saturday mornings as a kid, my dad would have Good Morning Vietnam on. Classic movie. I laughed my ass off watching the Birdcage a few years ago with my and I saw Jumanji in theatres. I've always admired Williams. His comedy was spot on, he really got into every role he did, but I never realized what inner-demons he was dealing with. I knew he had substance abuse problems but didn't know he had depression. A friend of mine worked with him once and said how nice of a guy he truly was.
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What's frustrating is the "he chose suicide, so it's hard to feel bad for him" comments. When you're depressed it's not like being simply sad. You're stuck in this "I can't think of a good reason to live" thought in your head every single moment. Everything hurts, moving is a pain, going out is bad. So when you're depressed, you need help, and a lot of times people go through depression without looking for help and eventually it can catch up to you and end your life. It's really awful. I hope more people can seek help instead of taking their own life.

Took Mia to the park with my brother and his kids. It was a long nice walk. The kids had fun for a short while before we headed back. Tonight, I'm off! Took the day off for Zoo Ala Carte with Jill, Mia, Grandma and my sister. Should be fun. This pounding headache needs to go away though. 4 DAYS TILL THE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON STARTS! LETS GO CHELSEA!! Thanks for reading!