drinking and "driving"

so our drives back from austin were pretty much uneventful. sunday we headed out from austin and made it to arkadelphia. this morning we headed out from arkadelphia and drove to nashville. greta has been FABULOUS on the car rides, but had a tiny meltdown on our way to nashville. after all of the tears and screams that we could take, we decided (read: melanie decided) that something MUST be wrong with her and that we must stop immediately. we stopped at a gas station and got the hysterical greta out of her carseat. this is when she abruptly stopped all tears and began to smile, coo, and babble. i secretly believe she was saying, "fooled you. i just wanted out for a bit". we hung out in the parking lot for a bit where greta played in the front seat and had a bit to eat and we were on our way. besides this tiny snafu, greta handled car rides like a champ!!