The Zoo and Geocaching...

Why do I always seem to post on Monday?? Oh well, I guess it doesn't really matter!

So we had a fun weekend this week! Chloe got to take her first trip to the zoo! Well, it wasn't 'technically' her first visit, she went once at Christmas time her at about 4 months old, so that doesn't really count! We also went out and found a geocache, something we haven't done in a while!

So anyway the weekend did not start out well with a pretty dismal Friday. I get a day or so, sometimes as long as a week, once a month about that I just get downright depressed. I don't want to do anything, think my life is awful, I'm the worst mother/wife there ever was, etc. Its highly annoying. And while it's going on I don't WANT to be that way, I WANT to change and be happy but I just can't. Which makes me feel even worse. It's a vicious cycle! I don't remember doing this much before Chloe, is it residual PPD? Birth control? Just me being me?? Whatever, I just hate it. I've tried taking a low dose of zoloft a few times but I hate the 'spacey, far out' feeling it gives me. Ugh. And by a few times, I mean I have taken a pill once and then a few months later another, lol. Most of the women in my family suffer from depression and are on some sort of antidepressant, but I don't want to be one of them...

All that to say Saturday was much better! Lee had to work that morning but he was back by twelve. I decided earlier that day I'd like to take Chloe to the zoo, but we wanted to wait till later so it wouldn't be so hot. We are in the first week of summer and it is KILLING us with these high 90's. So we tooled around at home for a bit, Lee did some mowing, etc, then at 4 we headed out. We invited the in laws but only Lee's sister and older brother was able to come. I'm glad they did it was fun to have them!


So we put Chlo's car seat in the middle and they sat on either side with her. On we went! It was fun, though she didn't have as much fun as I thought she would. At the giraffe part she kept shaking her and and saying "no like it no like it" lol! She still had fun though. It was funny, all four of us were vying for her attention to experience the animals with her. We all wanted to hold her when she saw something new, etc, lol. I felt bad for Lee though she didn't want anything to do with him for some reason :(. She was good with the other two for a while but towards the end she wanted nobody but her mommy. Aw, ;).

Anway after that we headed on over to Dreamland and got some ribs! But it wasn't as great as it usually was, and I wasn't very hungry, so kind of bleh. Still fun though! Then on home! It was already after eight when we left birmingham, takes about an hour to get home from there.

Then Sunday! Listened to an awesome message at church, we are starting a series based of the Courageous movie. It was really good. Then we got some taco bell for me and hardees for Lee while Chloe took a nap in the back seat. (she wasn't very good in nursery and dad had to come rescue her, boo, she did something similar last week, I hope we aren't starting that again!! She has been so good in there for months now!)

Then we layed around the house for awhile until I decided I want to go geocaching. Lee was being lazy so it took me a bit to get him going but we finally got out of the house. We headed to Blount Springs, it was neat! There used to be a health spa and such there in the 20's, neat right?? It sure was stinky though! Chloe finally wanted something to do with her daddy so he toted her all around checking it out. The springs were in the middle of the woods.

After that we headed to the store and got some cheese dip for dinner and Chlo sat next to me for like an hour eating chips and cheese, it was so cute.

Well that is about it! Until later!