Vacation. I have a love/hate relationship with that word.
I love taking a break from the normal grind. I love doing special things with my family. And I love, love, love that my husbands gets a few days off work.
But....
I hate planning where we'll go and what we'll do. I hate staying up late trying to pack and think of everything that needs done. And I hate, hate, hate that I always set unrealistic expectations and get easily stressed and frustrated.
And whether we take a true vacation or simply do a staycation (our usual), trouble tends to seek us out. There was the one when we ran into a truck in a parking lot....the one when we lost the wallet with a few hundred dollars in it....the one when a hurricane arrived at the beach the same week we did....and the one when we we decided to go camping on the Outer Banks. In August. Enough said.
I'm just not very good at this whole vacation thing, So, of course, I figured I'd write a little mini-series on the subject. Make sense? Not really, but I'm going to do it anyway. Maybe I can share a few of the lessons I've learned the hard way and a few that I've figured out before disaster has struck.
My family has a vacation starting at the end of this week. We still aren't sure if we're staying home for the entire time or if we're going somewhere for a few days. Hopefully we'll figure it out soon. But whatever we do, I'll try to share all of my vast wisdom with you before taking a break. Don't worry, it won't take long.
In this series:
Menu Planning for a Vacation or Staycation
Vacation Cards for Packing and Planning
Vacation Heart Issues
Coming Back
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