broken back, sore teeth, ear infection, and so much fun!

i wore the baby on my chest for just about four and a half straight hours today.  we went to a kids museum where they had interactive settings like a grocery store, fire station (complete with pole that my daughter danced around... thank god her father wasn't there!), an airport, etc.  they also had a section devoted to babies, so for about twenty minutes out of the 4 1/2 hours, i did have the baby off of me.
why didn't i put her in a stroller, you ask?  first, i am pretty much anti-stroller.  second, i would have used a stroller if i had known we'd spend that much time there (or anywhere).  i honestly thought we'd be lucky if we made it two hours.  but once the seven zillion grade school kids left (an hour and a half after we got there), the place was all ours.  i mean, there were maybe ten other families total in the whole place.  and, my children are just like me.  we linger; we dawdle; we have no sense of time.  so, really, how we could we leave?!?  if the baby hadn't thrown a complete fit, we would probably still be sitting in the under-sea adventure room.
and then i got home (five hours after we left it) with a splitting head ache.  and then i realized that i've had this headache for well over a week now.  it could be exhaustion (for obvious reasons), or allergies, or stress (i definitely overbooked myself this week, for SURE!).  i thought i might have felt the beginning of a tooth ache, or possibly an ear infection?  who knows.  all i know is that my head has been killing me, my back is now in almost as much pain, and my 10K (you remember that thing i talked about 700 years ago... Are you (10K)idding me?!?) is in four days.  i have no time to run, let alone pack, make easter gifts, make birthday gifts, shop for diapers, or clean this house.  and now my 3 year old is dead set on getting her hair trimmed (because i made a stupid comment about that from another room, under my breath, a week ago.)  and i have to get new tires on my car.  all by saturday.


and i wonder why i have a head ache.  or why i lingered for four plus hours in a children's museum (instead of bucking up and doing my chores!?!)


well, today was so much fun, i wouldn't have traded it for the world.  and that, my friends, is one of my mottos in life.  who cares about what you HAVE to do, when there are so many more fun things that you COULD be doing!  and with that said, i am off to FINALLY catch up on tivo!