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The trip from hell
Dec. 27th, 2004 04:41 pmThe good news is that we are back home and guests are gone, so my actual vacation (where I can relax!) is starting. We survived, and that's what really counts.
However, the trip to California was dreadful with only a few good moments that were simply not worth it. I'll spare you the gory details but highlights include:
1) major airline hassles (both coming and going)
2) nursing two very sick kids (with the kind of flu where they couldn't hold down even one sip of water - watching my kids in misery and not being able to do a thing about it is a nightmare!)
3) my mother in all her fit-throwing glory
4) arriving home at 4am, dealing with car iced into parking lot, driveway having to be shoveled before we could even pull the car out of the street, knowing in-laws were coming to visit in a few hours
5) getting 3 1/2 hours of sleep, then having to race around to get ready for in-laws' visit
6) being so exhausted that I had a total melt-down just at the moment my in-laws arrived early (when J swore to me that they wouldn't dare come early)
However, it's all over now. We managed to have a reasonably decent Christmas here in Cleveland, since the in-laws were gracious enough to overlook my temporary melt-down. (My mother-in-law seemed to get the message that she couldn't push me at all, lest I become violent). People are re-gaining their health gradually (although I am concerned that X and J are still quite tired). And I have a full week of time left to enjoy my immediate family before X goes back to college and I have to go back to work.
I have not eaten reasonably nor gotten any exercise whatsoever. In fact, with the stress of the nightmare trip, I ate everything I could get my hands on (which was thankfully limited thanks to being stuck in a hotel room with sick kids, etc.) I will resume tracking my exercise and healthy eating soon (although I won't promise that it will be tomorrow).
Thank goodness I love my normal life - If I had been counting on the "holidays" to make up for a dismal life, I would be devastated. As it stands, normalcy seems marvelous!
However, the trip to California was dreadful with only a few good moments that were simply not worth it. I'll spare you the gory details but highlights include:
1) major airline hassles (both coming and going)
2) nursing two very sick kids (with the kind of flu where they couldn't hold down even one sip of water - watching my kids in misery and not being able to do a thing about it is a nightmare!)
3) my mother in all her fit-throwing glory
4) arriving home at 4am, dealing with car iced into parking lot, driveway having to be shoveled before we could even pull the car out of the street, knowing in-laws were coming to visit in a few hours
5) getting 3 1/2 hours of sleep, then having to race around to get ready for in-laws' visit
6) being so exhausted that I had a total melt-down just at the moment my in-laws arrived early (when J swore to me that they wouldn't dare come early)
However, it's all over now. We managed to have a reasonably decent Christmas here in Cleveland, since the in-laws were gracious enough to overlook my temporary melt-down. (My mother-in-law seemed to get the message that she couldn't push me at all, lest I become violent). People are re-gaining their health gradually (although I am concerned that X and J are still quite tired). And I have a full week of time left to enjoy my immediate family before X goes back to college and I have to go back to work.
I have not eaten reasonably nor gotten any exercise whatsoever. In fact, with the stress of the nightmare trip, I ate everything I could get my hands on (which was thankfully limited thanks to being stuck in a hotel room with sick kids, etc.) I will resume tracking my exercise and healthy eating soon (although I won't promise that it will be tomorrow).
Thank goodness I love my normal life - If I had been counting on the "holidays" to make up for a dismal life, I would be devastated. As it stands, normalcy seems marvelous!
