Vacation?

When I was a little girl I couldn't wait until it was summer...a break from school, my birthday coming up in June, and always there was a family vacation to look forward to. Now that I am all grown up, I find that thinking about vacation is almost as stressful as just not having one at all!

I am officially one week from taking some time off work...ten full days without any financial statements, meetings, projects, etc. I should be excited, right?! Instead I am feeling anxious...I have to literally pack most of the house and shove it into the trunk of our car for our family reunion weekend trip. Then just three days after getting home from the reunion, I have to re-pack myself up and fly to Boston to visit my sister and the newest addition to our family, Little A. These are all events that I thought I was looking forward to...I just forgot about the part where I have to single-handedly get all of us where we need to be, on time, with all of the things we need. By the time I do this twice in one week, I am betting that work will look like the vacation.

So, how does a busy, working mom, who really does need a vacation, get a break? My one consolation is that I am going to Boston completely on my own...while it will be hard for me to not have Little O as my companion, I know that it will give me a chance to catch up with my sister, have the new baby to myself, and who knows...maybe even have a little down time for me?! If nothing else, I can spend the plane ride to Boston listening to my ipod, reading a book, or catching up on some much needed sleep...