During the final days of our trip we began to see a sharp decline in Sara's mental health - she was beginning to crack. I don't know if it was the endless hours of driving with gas bag Jacob and the Grandparents that did it, the stress of the move and leaving behind her buddies, or just her own little evil plot to drive the rest of us insane! She would begin in the early morning hours - right around when Ezra was getting ready to deliver his daily treat - she would get on the walkie talkie and start singing the Happy Days theme song. If I didn't respond by singing every other word with her things would get ugly...fast! Then she would start rattling off in German, wanting a response there. I made the mistake of putting my foot down once and not playing this crazy whacked out game of hers and we were all treated to about 4 hours of non-stop, "Wie Gehts?", "Wie Gehts?", "Wie Gehts?", etc..... I'd turn off the walkie talkie, forget about it, then turn it on 2 hours later to ask a question only to hear, "Wie Gehts?", "Wie Gehts?", etc.... She was relentless! Stubborn! Singleminded! Cracked!
Little did we know that Sara would be facing the biggest challenge to her sanity AFTER our arrival to Washington state.....This trip was just a precursor of things to come....
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I wasn't sayin it alone that's for sure!
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