Is It Worth It?

Today was absolutely exhausting. I made plans to meet the moms in my mommy group at this playground that's nestled in the middle of an outdoor shopping center which has one of those fountains that shoots water up from the ground and the kids run through it like a sprinkler. Sounds great!! right? So, the meeting time is 10am and the fountain shoots water at 11am. Usually Bubu is napping at 10am but today he woke up late and I thought, perfect, we'll skip that morning nap and just sleep in the afternoon. So, we get in the car at 9:45am and Bubu falls asleep on the way to the playground. Okay, no big deal, we'll deal with it. He woke up after just a short nap, which I knew wasn't quite long enough, but whatever, we went to go play.

He seemed to have fun throughout the time we spent there, even though he got stuck in a tunnel and I had to climb up in a toddler size tunnel to rescue him. Remember this is a 9 month pregnant mom climbing up into a plastic yellow tunnel. But you do what you gotta do. He got shot in the face by the fountain but after he recovered from that trauma he seemed to have fun. He kept running toward the street and I had to run and almost tackle him about 4-6 times but after those tantrums subsided he seemed to be having fun. Finally, I had enough and it was getting to be lunch time so as Bubu screamed I strapped him into the stroller and packed us up to leave. All with a big fake sweet smile on my face so the other moms in my group wouldn't think I was going to go home and slit my wrists.

We made it through the remainder of the day. The afternoon was a little "off" due to the weird napping scenario, the eating was off, the poopies were off, everything was a little more difficult. So here's my question: Was it worth it to break our happy little routine to go to the playground?

I know that on occasion we will break routine, and it's okay. We all survive and make it to live another day, but let's simplify the question. Was today worth it?