We decided to go out of town this past weekend since Kyle had a 4 day weekend from school. We ended up keeping him home from school on Thursday because he still wasn’t feeling well and he had thrown up the night before. We had originally planned to leave on Thursday afternoon soon after we picked Kyle up from school. We planned to pick him up at 2pm when school let out, and bring him back home. I had planned to give him a quick bath and then we would hit the road. We ended up leaving on Thursday around noon. It took a little over 4 hours to reach Myrtle Beach, SC.
My in-laws live in an apartment community that offers an apartment suite for guests for about $55 a night. We were able to stay in the suite while we were in Myrtle Beach, SC. Luckily we are about a building away from their apartment home. It was nice to stay in an apartment, it has a kitchen which is great when you are away from home. The apartment also has a washer and dryer but the washer wasn’t working so we weren’t able to do laundry.
Friday
Our four days have been eventful. We stopped at the beach on Friday, but only stayed about 5 minutes because the wind was blowing and the waves were a little rough and we weren’t sure how Kyle would be around the ocean. I did find about 4 seashells!
On Friday night, my in-laws offered to watch Kyle so Shannon and I could go out on a date. Shannon and I have not been out as a couple since Kyle was born. It’s not easy to leave him with just anyone, especially with his Autism and special needs. We ended up going to a place called Broadway at the Beach, which is a bunch of shops on the beach. It’s like an outdoor mall with all kinds of shops. There are also restaurants, IMAX, and movie theater. We saw a Starbucks and had to stop in there. I had a hot Chai Tea Latte and Shannon and a White Chocolate Mocha. It was really fun enjoying coffee and just walking around alone! While I went into some of the shops, Shannon fed the catfish in the water. I ended up buying 2 Yankee Candles! I really wanted to buy more, but I have to remind myself that I can make my own soy candles! This has definitely inspired me to make more candles, especially Christmas scented candles! It was fun to smell all the Yankee Candles. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant called Abuelo’s. It was delicious! It was really nice to be out without Kyle!
Saturday
On Saturday, we went to an indoor playground type of place for Kyle. They have bouncy houses and bouncy house with slides and other playground type equipment that are padded. We stayed for a little over an hour, but Shannon and I were pooped out by that time. Kyle dragged us to go play with him. He had us bouncing along with him and going down the slides with him. We also had to swing him on the soft swings. Shannon and I took turns and we were both sweaty and worn out afterwards. We stopped by the beach after that and stayed for a half hour or so. Kyle loved the beach! While he was picking up seashells and throwing them back in the ocean, I was collecting as many seashells I could fit in one hand! I honestly think Kyle thought he was cleaning up the beach by throwing the seashells back into the ocean. At the end, he started picking up handfuls of sand and throwing it back into the ocean.
On Saturday night, my in-laws watched Kyle again so Shannon and I could go out! Shannon really wanted to see a movie at IMAX and we wanted to go back to the Broadway at the Beach again. It was fun the first time around since we walked around and it was really good exercise for us! It got us out and about and walking! Instead of going to see Harry Potter at the IMAX theater, we ended up seeing Puss in Boots in 3D. I really didn’t want to see Harry Potter as the books or the movies interest me. I have no desire to read the books and I really tried watching one of the movies, but didn’t really understand the hype. We had a big lunch so we weren’t hungry by the time we headed out, so we didn’t eat dinner out. We walked around the Broadway at the Beach and had Starbucks again (we ordered the same coffee drinks as the night before).
Saturday night was Halloween night at the Broadway at the Beach so we saw a lot of people dressed up in their costumes. They also had live music. We saw one costume in particular that got a lot of attention. There was a person dressed as Death and he was walking around with a guillotine. There was a mannequin set up in the guillotine and the sign said, “Casey Anthony’s Retrial.” Just before he brought down the guillotine, the mannequin would fidget a bit and then the blade came down! Everyone was taking pictures and video of it. It was very creative! We also saw two guys dressed up as plastic army men, I think they got that idea from the Disney theme parks.
Sunday
We took it easy on Sunday. My husband and Kyle stayed home while my mother-in-law and I went to the mall. We shopped at JC Penney and just walked around for a bit. While I love shopping, it’s no fun when you don’t have money to spend. I saw a lot of cute clothes, but I kept reminding myself that I don’t “absolutely need them.” It’s just too bad when my husband gambled away our savings the week before. My MIL saw a cute leather jacket and looked at the price tag and said, “It’s only $89. That’s not bad.” All I could think was, “um, sure.” Again, her son just gambled away all of our savings the week before. I didn’t even dream about or think about getting anything. We also looked at shoes and saw a few cute boots that I would have liked to get.
We stopped at PetSmart on the way home since my MIL needed cat food. It was so odd going in to a store that allowed pets. As a non-pet owner, I have no reason to go to PetSmart.
My MIL watched Kyle on Sunday night so Shannon and I could go out again. We ended up having dinner at Hard Rock Café. The service and employees were so-so. I bought a Hard Rock Café glass cup. Our first date was at a Hard Rock Café in Sacramento and I got a glass cup back then.
Being in Myrtle Beach, SC, it’s been a nice change to be in a city with plenty of restaurants, shopping, and things to do! Even though we were out of town, we were able to fit in plenty of exercise.
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