June 26, 2008 A BIG Letdown

It was a crazy day. Had to call the cruise line to see what's up with our cruise (we leave July 3, one week from today!)
Waaaaaahhh!!! The nice lady says, Oh, yes, we called and left you a message, and sent you an email (well, no message on cell or home phone, no email, and the same is true for the rest of my family--NO ONE got any message or email!) In any event, they have TOTALLY changed our trip! We were supposed to fly to St. Louis July 3, spend 2 days there, cruise St. Louis to St. Paul, spend 2 days in St. Paul at the Mall of America. Then a train to Chicago, 2 days in Chicago, and fly home from there. WRONG!!!!!! We are now cruising round trip from Cincinnati, OH. Stopping in places I've never even heard of--Maysville OH, Pt. Pleasant, WV, Marietta, OH, Louisville, KY (OK, I HAVE heard of Lousiville!), Madison, IN, and back to Cincinnati. Nothing to do with Tom Sawyer, which I made Danny read. Nothing to do with all the research we've done on the places we were going. No fireworks at the St. Louis arch. No Mall of America, no train to Chicago, no Sears Tower for Danny to see.
So we are scrambling to get plane tickets (at triple the price since it's only a week in advance) to Cincinnati, and our trip has been shortened from 14 days to 8. NO time with my sister and her family (they were meeting us in St. Paul). My mom doesn't even want to go anymore, but it's past the point for refunds. I am just bummed.
So frustrating! But at least I'm not eating over it. In fact, the idea never occurred to me. That's just not what I do anymore. It kind of struck me how strange that was. I really HAVE changed. My priorities have shifted. Eat right. Exercise. THEN deal with the rest of life. Even eating out 3 times in 3 days didn't throw me. Even stopping for ice cream with my kids didn't mess me up--I just got a kiddie cup of vanilla and savored every bite, and stayed within my calories! The old me would have said "well, I blew it, so I might as well just kill the day." But not anymore!
OK, so there's the silver lining...