Little Mama

Well, Mike and I had big plans for the weekend. We were going to go to San Antonio Saturday afternoon because my friends Sharon and Bob had invited us down to their son's birthday party. We were very excited for many reasons. First, I hadn't seen Sharon since our wedding and had never met her children. Secondly, since it was a birthday party I felt sure there would be cake. And lastly, Sharon's husband Bob who works for the Hyatt, had hooked us up with a really good room rate to stay at the hotel Saturday night. And this is not just any hotel. This is the Hyatt Hill Country Resort. It is beautiful! On our drive up, I was telling Mike about all the FUN we would have at the hotel. There's a "ramblin' river" you can float down in an innertube, there's a bar you can get a fruity drink at and take it down the river with you if you want, there's a firepit where they make s'mores at night, and the rooms are so nice! We couldn't wait! The last hotel we stayed at was the Howard Johnson's when we first got to Laramie and let me tell you it is not on the same caliber as the Hyatt. We were in one of their "pet friendly" rooms (meaning, this is the room where we put chain smokers, ENJOY!) with our two dogs and my cat in the armpit of hell. Needless to say, we really needed this stay at the Hyatt.

So, we got to San Antonio and checked into the hotel. Another old friend of mine from my Hyatt days was working when we arrived. He (J.J.) hooked us up with the Regency Club which means we were going to be allowed into the exclusive club for Hyatt guests. Other people have to pay to get this! We could go in there at any time and get snacks, drinks, whatever!

So, we went to Sharon's for the party. It was so nice to see her and Bob again. We really had a good time at the party. I was mildly disappointed that we had to leave before they cut the cake, but Jake was needing a break. We got back to the hotel, put on our swimsuits and took Jake down the ramblin' river for about an hour. Mike and I each had a mojito and a s'more and were looking forward to the bottle of wine and the cheese and crackers that J.J. had delivered to the room while we were gone. That's what they call the Hyatt touch ya'll.

So, we put Jake down for bed and settled down to watch some TV for an hour or so. We had already planned on going back to the river Sunday morning after our nice breakfast in the Regency Club and just relaxing together as a family until checkout time at noon. I was also secretly eying the spa thinking about getting a pedicure. Well, along about 9:30 Jake (who is normally a very good sleeper) woke up for the first time. No problem. Put the binky back in, pat his butt, he goes back to sleep. Only this time he didn't go back to sleep. So, we play with him for awhile and put him back to bed. Oh, the tears! Oh, the crying! Oh, the screams of sheer agony! And that was just Mike! Seriously, the child cried for the next hour and a half. We could hear our neighbors coming out into the hall to see where the demon cries were coming from. Then, they turned up their TV's real loud to try to drown out the noise. We felt so bad. We tried everything to settle him down. I must have sung The Itsy Bitsy Spider 100 times. Nothing worked. So, at 11:45 Sat. night we packed up all of our stuff and fled. We got back home around 1:30AM with a perfectly content, sleeping baby in the car. At least we didn't have to pay full price for the room.