I've come to realize this morning as I'm cleaning the house so that we can leave, finishing the laundry, packing everything for all 4 of us, getting the kids fed, dressed and ready to go, not to mention eventually showering and getting myself ready, that a vacation isn't a vacation for me. It's just added work and stress. I am really sick of it. I have to do everything to get everyone ready, Allan gets to sleep in, get up, shower and go. Then he wonders why I'm stressed out!?!?! It's to the point that I don't even want to go anywhere because I know what it entails for me. And while we're there, it will be the same. I mainly deal with the kids, I unpack everything, I get everyone dressed, fed, bathed, and when it's time to go home, I pack everything up and make sure nothing was forgotten.
Allan needs to go to the store to get me shaving razors and shaving cream...we're going to the water park and my legs are in desperate need in order for me to even take the kids in. Yet, he's sitting downstairs petting the freaking dog. "I don't feel that great", his allergies are bothering him. So are mine, so are Kit Cat's, so are the rest of the world. But, we keep going. I am just so fed up right now that I had to get it out.
We'll go, and I'll have a good time with the kids, but then I get to come home and unpack by myself, get the kids to bed by myself (and we'll get back late so they'll both be miserable), and then deal with the other daily stuff by myself.
It isn't a family vacation, it's a Dad & Kids vacation...Mom still does everything she has to do every single day....just with more stress.
6 years ago
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I SOOOOOOOOOO know what you mean. That is why you and I need to go on our OWN vacation and are husbands need to hire a maid to keep the house and laundry up while we are gone so we DON'T come home to a mess.:) Sounds like a perfect plan... now where to get the $$$ for all of this...
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