What a Vacation does for you….
Honestly, I’ve always loved going places. But, not necessarily because it was relaxing and what not, I just love seeing new sights and learning about new places. But, the experts, whoever they may be, will all say that a good vacation (even if it is one that doesn’t involve actually traveling) is really good for you. You can have a vacation and never leave your home. And, honestly, those kind are probably more restful than the kind where you spend all your time sight-seeing, but I really do love to go places.
We’ve found in the past that going to the beach in the off-season is really awesome. The reason is because there’s just not much to do but relax. You can let the kids get in the sand and play but the water is usually too cold, unless you can find a place with an indoor heated pool. And, even still, my kids like standing on the balcony watching the waves crash. So, thus far in-season or off, that’s been our vacation spot of late..the beach.
This time, I chose to go to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Why? Well, because my children were begging to see and play in snow and we certainly weren’t going to find that on the beach. The thing is, a few days before we got there, it was in the 70’s. So, the first few days were really kind of mild.
The first few days the boys insisted on wearing their tboggins and gloves. They didn’t need them but were so excited at the prospect of snow that they wanted to wear them. Then, when it did get cold enough that they needed them, the novelty had worn off. So, we really never saw snow but we did get on top of the mountain and see some fake snow, some skiing and what not but it was a really expensive vacation.
And, now I need a vacation to get over that vacation. I spent today unpacking our bags, folding clean laundry and doing dishes that we left before vacation as well as putting away the Christmas "stuff". Tomorrow we will hopefully finish putting away all the Christmas hoopla and get the house back in order. Wayne goes back to work on Monday and Walker back to school on Tuesday.
So, vacation time is over and it is truly time to hit 2009 with the big guns. A vacation to get over my vacation…that’s what I truly need.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:03 am
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