Adventures at the Aquarium

Alrighty! Here we go for our lovely adventure today! I woke up with the kids and got them breakfast like a normal day, and started to get ready to go to the Shed Aquarium. About 9 I went and woke up lazy robert who was still asleep and about ten we finally started loading the car. When we made it to the city some crazy lady in a MINI VAN! ( I HATE MINI VANS! AND WILL NEVER DRIVE ONE!!) decided that she would pull half way off the inside lane right before a lane merge and just stop! the car in front of us slammed his brakes we almost hit him and the car behind us almost hit us.....needless to say it would have been really bad if everyone wouldn't have reacted as quickly as they did. She stopped for absolutley no reason! There was not a soul infront of her! Stupid woman driver. Anyway....we finally get to the aquarium and it takes us 15 min to park. Then we start walking up to the doors of the Shed only to see the line weaving its way out the door, down the steps, and on the side walk for a completely annoying lenght. Then GOOD KARMA!! the people in front of us dropped some cash, so I ran and picked it up and returned it to them and then what do my eyes see! A handicap/accessable entrance!!! and a very short line of strollers!! We get in this line and quickly get indoors which is good becuase it was cold outside and starting to snow. We pay and get up the elevator and in the main lobby only to discover that about 5,000 other people had the same idea we did and were all standing in line to go in. When we get through the ticket guy we see that there is no exscaping the crowd, it is packed! Robert had to take Kamryn and I had to take Tristan and hold them on our shoulders to see anything. It was ridiculous! we would wait patiently with the kids to see a tank and some bratty kid or adult would run up in front of kamryn and push her out of the way. I almost lost it. So did Robert. We thought maybe we would eat something and see if we could find a spot it had died down....well....that wasn't happening, also I was pleased to discover I left all the sandwich meat at home! brought everything else for our lunch but the meat! NICE!! We went down to the penguins to try and see the dolphin show from underneath because it's all curtained off now....stupid.....there was no luck. After fighting the crowds more we decided to just leave. The kids weren't haveing fun we were getting pissed off from them being pushed out of the way and stepped in front of so we ventured off to find an exit. Got stuck at some stairs with a double stroller and no elevator in sight. I grabbed one end and Robert the other and hauled it up the flight. When finally at the top we tried one more time to see animals and about 4 stupid people that were all adults walked right up in front of us and completely blocked our way. That was it! we both just said let's go now! grabbed the kids and booked it for the door. Aaahhh....finally an exit! We got to the exit and to the car got home and went to open the door to the house in the garage to see it was locked. Which wouldn't have been a problem but! we had my keys and my keys do not have a working house key on them! LOVELY!! after inspecting all windows we found they were all shut tight, which is good but crappy at the same time! So after some debate of kicking in the door and using a sledge hammer to break the knob, we found a crow bar and popped the lock out. It was scary how easy it came off! but we only have to replace the knob instead of an entire door. So needless to say being locked out of our own house with both kids, one sleeping after a crappy day at a crowded aquarium full of stupid rude people and a waste of $50 was a perfect end to the crappy 2009 year! Wow.....I'm so ready for 2010! becuase really....anything it can throw at me I've been there and done that so unless it turns nuclear I can take it!