The Weekend from H***!

We got up early Saturday to drive to Hot Springs to meet a realtor. We have been thinking of moving out of the Delta for a while, and I picked Hot Springs. Anthony would still work here but I would work there. Well, we spent all day looking at totally FABULOUS houses/neighborhoods/lakes/schools! If we could have bought a house that day... we so would have. Loved the realtor, loved the properties, ...just a freaking love fest all around. Fast forward to 7p. We (me, Anthony, and B) get back to our hotel which is brand spanking new and we are HUNGRY! I mean the kind of hungry where you are on the verge of a meltdown. All THREE of us were at that point. So we get in the car and head to Fisherman's Wharf where Anthony loves to eat. It is packed so Anthony of course does not want to wait. This is not good. Also, Ike has arrived in the area. It is pretty rainy and windy but not so bad just yet. 5 minutes later......We are in an all out family brawl in the parking lot of a restaurant. I will spare the details but it is ON. We continue the fight in the car for about 20 minutes before we screech into Red Lobster ( i hate rl). I, being 40 and soooo mature, sulk during the entire meal which I do not eat. We drive through hurricane force wind and rain back to the hotel which I forgot to mention that we were sharing with around 350 Hell's Angels. We get on the elevator with a motorcycle bride (in white no less) with a Miller Lite in her hand. She cursed... a LOT. Blakely was amused. Me not so much. She was with her husband (who looked scared and old) and 2 other very tatooed people (that were very polite). It's around 9p now and Anthony and I are no longer speaking which is a good thing. Outside Ike is bearing down and 45 minutes later we lose electricity. Then it got scary. I will never understand people that do not leave when a hurricane is coming to their area. Hot Springs got hammered. We were on the top floor and between me and Anthony we got maybe 1 hour sleep. It sounded like a tornado all night. We got ready to take a shower (in the dark, hot room) and discovered the hot water heater was electric as well. Great. We had to go down the UNLIT stairway using our cell phones for light to check out. The hotel gave us the night for free (which actually surprised me) and informed us that 41,000 were without power in the area. We just wanted to get something to eat (seeing how i missed supper i really wanted this) but discovered that nobody was cooking anything in HS! 1/2 way to little rock, Blakely realizes that she has left Orchard (her stuffed rabbit she always sleeps with). Are you freaking kidding me??????????? Oh, and I forgot to mention she started throwing up at the hotel that morning. I make Anthony turn around and take us back to get it. This was not a popular decision but moms just know when something MUST be done. I marched back into the hotel rescued Orchard then we headed home. Now around 10am we were nearing the hunger danger zone AGAIN. We stopped at Brown's in Benton for what we thought would be a late breakfast... wrong.... lunch time for Browns. Blakely picked at her food and then threw it up. Nice. At least she made it to the restroom. We left without really getting to eat what we paid for. I was never so glad to be back at home in my life. Funny how things work out.