Vacations are a curious phenomenon. They come in different shapes and sizes. When multiple people vacation together, the vacation will look different for every person, young or old. The word vacation is both a noun and a verb. Vacations are, simultaneously, exhilarating and tiring, depending on your point of view. Vacations can be priceless, regardless of the total cost of the time, place, and activities. In other words, vacations are personal and private, yet completely dependent on group psychology and interaction, if you are vacationing with family units other than your own.
Capt. SO and I just finished a vacation with our nuclear family. The 'group' consisted of a family of five - two parents and The Three Musketeers, a single-adult female, and the two 'oldsters'.......us. The Three Musketeers are ages four, three and one, which will tell you that their parents worked really hard for the five days that we were all together. If the two parents could be interviewed - post vacation - they might very well say that their vacation began when they returned home and the children could all be in their own beds and bedrooms........and this would have come after four nights in a tent and a nine-hour car ride home. Now that is the pioneer spirit, if ever I saw it!
As for Ma and Pa, we are keeping ourselves busy, with toys and 'stuff' to put away, which is a good thing for moi, as I am now in a funk because everyone is gone. I'm compiling a list of things to do, which can keep me occupied and keep my mind off from having everyone close by to having everyone vanish. Where are my peeps?
The clouds and the rain are not helping. Where is the sun? I need the sun!
Ancora imparo
