I find myself sitting here just finished packing for our last trip of the summer. Well, our last trip until school starts. We will also be taking a quick trip to Miami for Labor Day Weekend and then I am taking Amanda to Disney World for her 5th birthday, but this is it as far as summer is concerned. The funny thing is that I've been 95% packed since Wednesday. I never do that. Ever. Usually Charlie and I start packing around 9p the night before a trip and then we are up until some crazy hour getting the last few things in. This time all I did was unpack the suitcase from the last trip, which was mostly full of clean clothes since I've gotten into the habit of doing all my wash before I leave when I stay with friends and family so that isn't the first thing I have to do when I get home. I picked out a few different things and had the girls fill in the outfits that we still needed, and then I did the same thing with Andy, washing all his clothes from camp and then packing them before he ever got a chance to put them away.
The last two weeks have been a blur. I can't even believe we've been home from New Jersey that long. We had a fabulous visit with April and Renee, which I of course knew we would, that went by way too fast. I cannot explain to you how much I love spending time with them. I can be myself with them, no holds barred even though I am a guest in someone's home, and I know no matter what they will love me and stand up for me and defend me and take care of me. They may make fun of my shopping habits, but they love me all the same and would be there for me in a second. I have absolutely no doubts. Friends like these are few and far between and I will be hard pressed to find more like them the rest of my life. Thankfully my husband totally understands and loves them almost as much as I do so that we can keep this pattern going. Next year I swear he is going to come with us.
So, we did the beach and Renee's husband Mark was so wonderful to take the girls into the freezing cold ocean and play with them. I'm not sure what game they had going on but when he left early in the week to go back to work they hugged and said, "good-bye wolfie". Total bonding. We went bowling and swimming and to the Pinball Museum where I scored the high score on Frogger. I would have done better if I wasn't keeping one eye out for Amanda the whole time. Next year we need to go without the kids. We also made it to Beach Plum, the most amazing ice cream place around. Also, Renee and April introduced me to this crazy card game called Mille Bournes that they played as kids, but not together because they didn't know each other then. We got slightly obsessed with it but really had a great time playing after the kids went to bed. And to top the week off we went to Camden one night for a Bruno Mars concert. I'm not the hugest Bruno fan, but I do like his music so it was a lot of fun.
After we got home Sarah started horse back camp which she loved and two of the instructors told me that she had great form and they were really impressed. That's a good thing because her past and future therapists have both said that horse back riding would be great therapy for her. So hopefully I can get in gear and set up some lessons for this fall. I also got myself back to the gym with my new trainer who's sole goal is to hurt me. It's kind of a strange thing to pay someone to make your life miserable, but hopefully in the end it will be worth it. Right now I'm still trying to decide.
So yes, two weeks have flown by and tomorrow we leave for Destin. Best family vacation ever with wonderful friends. We get back next Saturday and then Andy starts school Monday, Amanda starts Tuesday and Sarah starts Wednesday. I would say that the summer hasn't been long enough and I wish that we had just a few more weeks, but that would be a lie. I almost lost it yesterday and realized that I only had to get through today and then a nice vacation and then they would be back to school. Then we can get back on schedule and my life will still be crazy but a more controlled, metered out crazy.
It's been a fantastic summer, but why ruin a good thing?
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