The second week of March, we decided to take a weekend trip down to DC to see Johnny's aunt and uncle. We figured it was our last little getaway as a family of three, and we were excited to get out of NYC for a few days. However, as the trip drew closer, everything seemed to be working against us. The day we were supposed to leave, Sally started running a fever and was diagnosed with an ear infection. And a huge snow storm hit. But if we didn't go that weekend, we wouldn't be able to go at all since I was already 35 weeks pregnant. So despite Sally not feeling great and the weather being terrible, we decided to go for it.
The trip down to DC was super sketchy. The roads had a coating of ice on them for almost the entire trip. And our rental car's windshield wipers weren't working well, and the snow was still coming down. Johnny drove really carefully, but we saw a few cars spin out or pulled off to the side. Thankfully, we made it to Mike and Jill's safe and sound. When we got into their town, Johnny was starving and insisted on getting McDonald's at 11 at night. And their parking lot was by far the most dangerous of all the streets we'd been on. But fast food french fries never tasted so good, and we didn't crash our car, so I guess it was all worth it.
Sally was in a mood the entire trip. She would be her happy, fun self for a little while, and then cranky Sally would surface. And a tantrum would ensue. It was a tough trip. I think it was mostly because she wasn't feeling great, and she'd been potty trained just a week earlier, so she had a lot going on. We took her to the Natural History Museum one day, and she got to see all kinds of animals and hold bugs. Mike and Jill were great hosts as always, and Sally really loves both of them, which is fun to see. Even though the trip wasn't as easy as we'd hoped, it was still great to get away from it all for a few days.
This is how Sally felt about the bugs:
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