Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Hallmarks of a Successful Vacation

There are specific hallmark characteristics of a successful vacation.  You may experience some or all of the following:

1. Exhaustion. (best cured by excessive Cheetos intake)
2. Lack of Cash Flow (or any flow; think the well has dried up, nothin' but lint, start hockin' your old stuff on eBay - I can hear the debit card crying and the bank laughing... not good)
3. Physical, Bodily Pain (most likely from carrying all four children and their luggage - mostly non-necessary items - sometimes ALL of it at once, followed by sitting still in a car or plane or train for at least 17 hours straight)
4. Intense Desire to be Alone (this is called being 'peopled out', and specifically is in reference to the people you just spent eight days in a car/hotel/hotel bathroom with).
5. Loss of Verbal Skills (really, what more could you have to say to these people?)
6. Dazed Look (and confused at how so few people could dirty SO many clothes in ONE day!)
7. Disrupted Sleep ( because everyone is in their bed and no one is kicking you or stealing the covers/pillow/ whole bed; also caused by getting up in the night to change the laundry or it'll be Christmas before you're caught up!)

If you or someone you know is experiencing one or more of these symptoms, medicate with copious amounts of Diet Coke and Cheetos.  There is hope!!!

2 comments:

Jill said...

You crack me up. I just spent 30 hours or more in the car with your mom to see our sister. However noticebly abscent was YOU. Sorry to have missed you but love reliving your fun by reading your blog.

Katie said...

Wow! Your buttie must bo molded to the seat!!!! Nice!!! Yea - I had to go see my adoptive family - everyone needs a little crazy now and then. Very interesting that you planned to come down here when I was gone... I have been planning the Exodus since April 1. Very interesting indeed...