September 24, 2023 - Sunday



I got a GREAT sleep last night! I am sleeping alone in a double bed in my own room because there is an extra room and me and Ben don’t want to squeeze into a double together. Well, Ben wants to squeeze into a double together, but I do not. The kids all slept amazingly well and weren’t even all that loud when the woke up this morning, thankfully. We had a bunch of beach and reading time this morning and the weather was perfect all day: cool and cloudy, just how I like it! Sadly, Ben fell this morning though. Like, a really hard fall and slammed his back onto a boulder on the beach. He was already having back pain and nerve pain and now we’re adding this to the equation. Just so upsetting and awful for him. He’s trying to tough it out, but he’s really struggling.

We took the kids to Owls Head lighthouse for a little walk and a great view and let me tell you - I wanted to throw three of those kids right off the damn mountain. WHY are they being so awful??? Literally, complaining about every single thing, every single step of the way. I had to start counting them for not following the rule “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. It’s really bringing me down. None of the kids wanted to be there, they don’t appreciate anything about beautiful views or historic lighthouses and kept complaining that there was nothing to buy. 🤬🤯🤬 SERIOUSLY?!?? We finally went home, and then ran out to McLoon’s for a delicious lunch. Nobody complained while we were there. Not sure if it’s because Ruby got out in a timeout for complaining or if it’s because they had ice cream and were more content? But it was a smoother time than the lighthouse, that’s for sure.

In the afternoon, it got a little cooler and we spent some more time on the beach. I spent some more time reading and we also got out the new game we bought right before the trip and started reading through the instructions. We cobbled together some dinner and then had ice cream (again) and got the girls to bed. They didn’t fight about it tonight, which was amazing. Me, Ben, and Jonas played the game for a couple hours and it’s a really fun one! I’m hoping we get to play it a lot more now that we’ve figured it out.






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