This is the first day of our mini-vacation! Once we get the kids dropped off this morning, we're free! This is also the first time ever that I haven't done any massive planning in anticipation of a trip. I'm usually up to my neck in laundry, suitcases, schedules, etc. Part of it is my OCD but part of it is also because most of my kids don't function well with the unknown. it's no small feat to get our household prepared.
But this trip is different. I'm not taking any kids except the big one (Steve ;) and he's on his own for laundry and packing. It's only three days, after all. Usually I would have all the kids' suitcases ready too but this time I asked the various people watching them to just stop by our house and grab whatever they need. It's amazing how fast I can get stuff together for a short trip when it's just my own stuff. Much less stressful! I didn't even fold and put away Sophia's stuff. It's still in a laundry basket downstairs.
Because this little trip falls over a school holiday (Monday), there is so much less to worry about schedule-wise. Anything that was still happening, I cancelled!
Riley did question where we're going. Steve was vague but I let Riley know we'd be in Sioux Falls. Riley asked if I was running away from home again like I did last month (another great/bad story for another time) and I let him know that it was sort of like that. I told him that it was ok that I was gone before but it wasn't ok that I didn't let anyone know where I was or when I was coming back. That's why this time I was doing it a better way for our whole family.
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I can already tell that I'm feeling more refreshed than I have in a long time. Yesterday we took all the kids and our friends to the Berndt pumpkin patch and I was actually looking forward to it and enjoyed the family time.
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