My melt down

I would be remiss if I left out the story about my meltdown. We all have our breaking point, and I reached mine on Sat. Here's what happened. We rolled into the Dholes Den, our mountain lodge just outside Bandipur National Park, right at two. We ate lunch, settled into our rooms and read the schedule of activities here. To sum it up, there is nothing on the schedule between nine in the morning and one in the afternoon, then lunch, another hour of down time, then entertainment from 3:30 to 9-ish. So we jumped on the safari that first night, watched the documentary, went to the campfire, ate dinner, and voila, we had done everything there is to do here. So I asked the manager for a park map for some hiking trails. No such luck, no hiking here. Next I asked about other things to do around here. There's a temple that's a forty minute drive. Ugh. We just got out of the car, not sounding good. Ooty is a nice hill station two hours away. No good, we're going there when we leave here. I was getting very anxious and upset. Nothing to do for six hours in the morning is equivalent to my own personal hell. If my sisters are reading this, you can feel my pain. Did you ever wonder why I have so many hobbies? This is the point where I have a freak out session right there in the lobby of the hotel. "What are we going to do here for two more days? We've done everything there is to do and we just got here this afternoon. There's no pool, there's no tv, how am I supposed to keep the boys entertained all morning?!!". I'm just about in tears. Brian, very calmly said "Don't worry, it's going to be okay. You haven't gone for a run for two weeks and you're very irritable. I'll watch the boys in the morning so you can go for a run. You'll feel much better.". I couldn't argue with his point. I tried to pull myself together, and basically pouted for the rest of the night. In the picture, I'm frantically combing the guide book for ideas and alternate plans. ( Thanks, honey, for documenting the WHOLE trip on film.) After breakfast the next morning I slept for three hours. The kids and Brian enjoyed a lazy morning strolling the property, petting cows, swinging in the hammock, and just plain hanging out. We made it through day one. Today we went on the car trip to the temple. It was way up on the top of a mountain, a very nice outing. Day two, check. Relaxing is not on my list of top ten things I do well. I never went on a run, but I took a walk by myself to the village and back.