As this summer starts to wind down, and we get ready to send the kids (both this time) back to school, another summer has passed with no vacation time taken.
We did have plans. A trip north to visit a couple of collages that the oldest is interest in, but the schedule could not be put in place. The oldest had one week she had to work at a drama camp, and a ten day mission trip to John's Island, and a job. Mom and Dad's work also played it's part. Twice the trip was scheduled, and twice the trip was moved because events at work made leaving for a week a poor option.
So here we are, school starting in a couple of days, the first year of school for the little one, and our summer has not felt like summer at all.
No time spent by a pool, or on the beach; No amusement parks, or museums, or stunning vistas of natural beauty. Just a steady march that starts with an alarm at 6:05am, and ends around 11:00pm, with 10 hours at a desk in between. The hope for more time together spend playing, and not worried about schedule, again lost, or at very best delayed.
Time has marched on and forced a shift in our focus. Lets get school started, and get into the fall pattern at home. Then we can look at the school calendar, and maybe find a couple of long weekends, visit those colleges, and maybe a museum, or an amusement park, and still try to grab a taste of summer, about two months too late.
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6 comments:
I'm not sure our oldest has spent more than three consecutive nights at home all summer, between camps, time with her "other" dad and visits with relatives. But we did squeeze in our annual trip to the beach. Hope the fall works out for you.
Americans certainly take far fewer vacations than our European counterparts. And what do we get for all that work?
We will make it work, but I can not help but think that it shouldn't be this hard.
At one point, a number of years ago, we did consider moving to Europe. The driving motivation was quality of life, but I think I am too much of an American to ever be happy elsewhere.
Look at the bright side: When you do finally get to go on vacation, it will be cooler and less crowded almost anywhere you go!
Mine isn't happening until mid-September...hopefully.
one consolation to your summer flashing by is that it's football season before you know it.
seriously, though. go on vacation, man. the world is going to hell in a handbasket with or without you. ;)
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Good point Eric.
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