Day 218

I didn't go to bed until late lastnight. My voice was pretty much gone, but I wasn't tired. When I finally did fall asleep...I did not want to get up in the morning. I reset my alarm until quarter to 8. When I finally got out of bed, I realized that was probably a bad idea, considering I still had to shower. Luckily I somehow managed to get ready super quick, and still had time to tidy up before the knock at my door came.

We went down for breakfast, and Tim, who had been working since I guess 4 this morning, joined us a little later. After we ate, I took the boys to swim while Tim had a conference call, and Heloise was working upstairs. I watched while Josh and Nathaniel played a game, and Zach asked me to time him every time he went under water. He eventually got bored of that game, and joined in with the others. Once he was tired of that, he went into the hot tub on his own. By this time, Tim returned. He sat with us for a bit, then disappeared again. A few fights broke out as they normally do when Josh and Nathaniel play together. - Josh tends to cheat, and Nathaniel understandably hates it - I told them they were playing first to 20 points wins...but when that was taking too long, I told them we'd finish at 15 instead. It was 20 degrees outside, and it didn't make sense to me, to be sitting in a muggy room indoors. I got Zach dressed, and met the boys and Tim outside the pool area.

We went upstairs to get ready and then headed out. Today, we'd go to the zoo! After a mass of confusion (on Tim's part - I knew perfectly well how things worked), we eventually got on the train. Zach sat with me, and when we arrived at our stop, we walked into the Zoo. To our right was what Nathaniel was clearly going to want to do first...the prehistoric park. We went straight there.

We took lots of pictures, and Zach enjoyed the first bit, but once we got to the dinosaurs that moved, he wasn't too sure about it anymore. We ended up running hand in hand, past each one that moved. He really was scared. It was nice that he confided in me though. He's been doing that a lot this trip. He's been taking my hand whenever crossing a street, sometimes just on the sidewalk! It's been great :D Once we made our way around the dinosaur section (which was quite large), we entered the actual zoo area. We saw a number of animals, and spent quite a few hours there so the boys had lunch and an ice cream as well.

We took the bus, tram, whatever, back to the area near our hotel, and then walked back to our rooms. When we arrived, Heloise was on the phone with the tour group...all in all, once she hung up, we still didn't really know anything more about flights. Fine by me! I hope we stay here longer!!! I have a feeling that happy thought will be taken away from me very soon though. I left everyone in the hotel room, and walked up to the mall on my own. I bought a birthday card for my Uncle, and got a SOY FRAPPUCCINO!! WOO! Then I walked back, came online, and started watching some TV.

A knock came at the door around 6:30, and we headed downstairs to eat. The boys sat with a friend they've made, we ate and then returned to our rooms. I've watched "How I Met Your Mother", "Wheel of Fortune", a couple of other shows, some hockey, and now I'm watching "Big Bang Theory". Anyway, I'm going to finish this up, drink some green tea, call my parents, and then head to bed. So for now, I'll say Good Night. xx