Well this may take a while but here goes:
When our middle daughter was just 3 or 4 the wife and I decided to take her to Six Flags for vacation. Friday after work we headed out on the 4 hour trip to Atlanta. Stop by the ATM and drew out the max amount and were on the road again. We arrived in Atlanta around 8:00pm that evening and couldn't find a motel room anywhere close to Six Flags. Freaknick weekend in Atlanta. We ended up staying south of Atlanta checked in to the motel and started unpacking when I noticed I had forgot my snickers..
Well after paying for the room, buying a new pair of snickers we had just enough money for supper. Life was good.
The next morning around 8:30 am we went to a local ATM machine only to find out that we could not draw out any more money until about 2:00. My wife had the brillant idea to have our bank wire some money to a bank not far from the motel. We figured we would have the money with an hour. At 1:45 that day we were given the 300.00 we had ask for and also had to pay our bank 25.00 to wire the money and 250.00 for the bank in Atlanta to give us the money. 15 more minutes and I could have saved $50.00. Mad as #$%^ we set out for Six Flags.
With the 4 year old asleep in the back seat we arrive at Six Flags only to find out that AT&T had rented the park for a private party.
The child woke up in the parking lot of Toys R Us and was told she could pick out anything in the store she wanted. Luckly she only wanted a video.
The next morning we start out for Six Flags again. Beautiful sunny day all the way there but once we entered the park it begain to rain. Not the normal sky to ground rain. It was raining sidways and hard. We dashed into the Country Bear jamboree to wait out the rain. After the show the rain had stopped but everything was wet. I needed to go to the restroom and left the wife and child at the bottom of the hill. When I returned a strange lady told me she was supposed to give me the stroller. Complete with the wifes pocketbook, which had all our money and motel room keys in it.
Being the smart guy I am I decided to teach the wife a lesson and hide the stroller. When she and the child came out of the restroom she noticed I didn't have the stroller and began to walk faster. Did I mention she was carring our third child at the time? About half way down the hill she slipped and fell square on her behind.
I was talked into staying the rest of the day but I have never been so ready to go home in all my life.
Birddog,
I pray that I may live to fish until my dying day. And when it comes to my last cast I then most humbly pray. When in the Lord's great landing net and peacefully asleep. That in His mercy I be judged, BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP.