Thanksgiving - The Wrap-Up (2)

Some friends and I were recounting road trip stories, and I remembered that I have one more story to share.

The place we stayed a couple nights was a restort in Angel's Rest - about an hour and a half drive from my Grandma's house. My sister had a really great deal where 11 of us could sleep in one condo, which made up for the long drive.

The first couple nights we all had different sleeping arrangments: Rene, her husband Bryan, his mother, my nephew Sebastien, and my other sister Jackie, all stayed at Angel's Rest. My mom, me, Olivia and Sean stayed at Grandma's. Dad hadn't yet arrived.

On Wednesday, all of us went to Angel's Rest for two nights. We had two vehicles: a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a mini-van. Dad was driving the mini-van and was following the Jeep because he didn't know how to get to the condo. In the van was my mom in the passenger seat, Jackie and Sean in the middle seat, and me in the back. It was pretty late, so we gave Sean a bottle and expected him to fall asleep.

Sean finished the bottle, but was still awake. He began crying, so I put water in his bottle, hoping to pacify him long enough for sleep to kick in. It didn't work.

Sean cried.

And cried.

And screamed.

By this time, we were in the middle of nowhere; it was all rolling fields and pastureland. Traffic was heavy (being a holiday weekend and all). Dad finally pulls over and says, "You have to do something about that kid. I can't drive with him screaming."

"Well, since we're stopped, I have to go pee," Jackie says, and proceeds to get out of the minivan with the intention of using the van to cover her bathroom break. She caught me by surprise; that girl has very little reservations about certain things!

As soon as she slid the door closed, Dad yells over Sean's screams, "Tell me when she's down!"

"She's down!" I yelled back.

That was Dad's cue, and he let the van roll forward, leaving Jackie exposed in more ways than one.

The three of us inside laughed.

And laughed.

And then I needed a bathroom.

A few second's later, Jackie banged on the window (which scared Sean into screaming more). Then she went and took cover behind the highway barrier.

By this time, mom is holding Sean and trying to calm him down. We got back on the road, and after about 40 minutes of mom cooing and cuddling, Sean fell asleep. Of course, we got lost once we arrived in Angel's Rest, but it was completely worth it.

Jackie was a good sport. She laughed right along with us. Of course she could do so comfortably; she didn't need a toilet!