Taking the show on the road

After spending all that time in bed almost dead, I needed to get out of the house. My cousin Mrs. D told me about a great hotel in Phoenix that has a great water park. So we loaded up the familia and took the show the road. It is not often that my in-laws next door and my entire family go somewhere all together. Partly because my mother in law likes to stay home and partly because with the 4th child, we no longer all fit in the MV (mini-van). My sister in law had surgery the week prior to remove a mass that they found in her boob. Thankfully, it turned out to be nothing, but while I was down with my clogged duct, she was down recovering from the surgery. Mr. B really had his hands full caring for so many people during that time. He really came through for everyone. We all needed a little vacation, so we packed everyone up and headed 20 minutes west to the Pointe Hilton. Trying to get 9 people to one place is no easy task and if cameras were following us you would see a lot of yelling in both English and Spanish, crying children, squished abuela in the back row, sweaty Senor M, and Senora X packing up the whole house as though our destination has no water or food. Since we only have an 8 passenger MV, that means someone has to sit on the floor. I know, we are breaking the law and it is very painful for the ever law abiding Mr. B to handle, but what are we to do? I will protect the identity of the person who has to lay on the floor so the cops don't see them while we travel. Just getting there is a challenge. Once there, we had a great time. The girls enjoyed it, I treated my taste buds to a cold beer and everyone seemed to relax for the short time there. Of course, our trip could not end with out some kids of craziness. The last night there, we all went for dinner. Sitting a few tables over was a woman who kept staring at our table. I noticed that she started to breath real heavy and she kept repeating "where is she". She got louder and louder and Senora X and Mr. B also tuned into the woman. She was being restrained by the man and woman at her table. We were finished eating and began to walk back to our hotel room. I heard someone running behind us. I turned around and there was that woman chasing after us. I freaked out and told Mr. B who quickly handed me Miss O. He began to yell at her to stop in his very authoritative voice. Shortly behind the crazy lady was they woman who was at the table with her. The crazy lady was still breathing heavy and was looking straight at Miss P saying "there she is". It was so freaky. The friend of the crazy lady said that she sees fire around my children. I got really upset and started yelling at the crazy lady that my kids were safe, and that there is no fire on my children. Mr. B told us to go to the room while he stayed behind to figure out what the hell was wrong with the lady. Apparently the woman claims to see visions and she told Mr. B that there was going to be a fire in our home and that we needed to keep a close eye on our children. She also told him not to work on the 4th of July and stay close to his children. It was so bizarre and it really made me mad. We were all pretty shook up about it. I'm not into psychics, palm readers or any of that stuff, so I was really pissed how she frightened my children who kept asking what was wrong with that lady. Once back in the room we got everyone settled and ready for bed. Mr. B pulled the sheets back only for a big cockroach to scatter across the bed. What a great way to end the night! Since he was still a little shook from the crazy lady, the poor roach had no chance as he beat the heck out of it with his shoe. By morning, we were all ready to get home as we had all had enough excitement. The hotel gave us one free night for the roach and we were back to the comfort of our home by 10 am. Until next time.