Oh how I loath that pre-holiday panic. The feeling that there is too much to do and not enough time or organization to ever get it done. The exhaustion you get from just thinking about what needs to be done but the lack of energy to do any of it. Why is the preparation for a get away so insane?
We have not left our new home for longer than a few hours so just the thought of what to do is overwhelming. There is outside prep, inside prep and of course bags to be packed. Thankfully with our one female chicken now safely being watched by "chicken man" I no longer have that worry but believe it or not I am still worried about her. Dude why am I so concerned about EVERYTHING? Every now and again I even get the panicky feeling about our goldfish as if I should even worry. I will put a vacation feeder block into their tank and hope for the best cause honestly they are just gold fish. So non challant, I am such a horrible person.
I keep checking the weather to see how it might be because honestly it is not going to be anything like we have acclimated ourselves to. Should I pack shorts? Should I pack pants? Shoes or sandals? I don't even know because lets be honest, to everyone there it is hot but to us it is normal aka our house temperature at best.
The thought of driving to see family versus flying is a rather odd concept and I am finding it hard to wrap my head around. Q-tip is excited to see family that he hasn't seen in 4 years. Animal hasn't met anyone so I am interested in seeing how he reacts. I have a distinct feeling he will be shy for all of 5 minutes, cause that's how he rolls. Butter them up a bit with his wild n' wispy hair and bashfulness so that he can let the wild out and shock the crud out of them. He isn't nick named Animal for nothing.
I will most likely leave the actual packing for the night before although with J inquiring about my help in driving I may want to have them done a bit before so that I get a decent nights sleep. In theory obviously because I will be even more stressed as the days count down.
Here's to being a woman and worrying about EVERYTHING.
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2 Comments:
First of all I see that this was posted at 3:27 am. That just makes me giggle, its not going to help your sleepiness! *Grin*
I have a saying that applies to all of our trips and just maybe yours too... "It isn't vacation till Mom is throwing up from stress." Hopefully you will be able to relax, but all the packing and cleaning before hand seriously stress me out. It takes a day or two before I can genuinely enjoy vacation. I hope you are able to have lots of fun and I just know Animal will seriously charm your family.
Hannah met my family at 2 1/2 and insisted everyone call her Mickey. She wouldn't respond to Hannah. Animal is gonna rock!
I'm sorry about all the stress. I don't know who in their right mind thinks vacations are "fun"!!! lol At least not the ones where you go home/visit family/friends.
I'm sure the kids will have a blast, and you will be able to enjoy yourself at least some of the time. You will have good memories when you get back!!! Take lots of pictures, that will help too! :-)
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