And We Are Off

All the kids hanging out in the RV together right before we hit the road

Luckily we are really on no specific schedule except for a few events that we have planned along the way.  This morning my brother’s family was also leaving for a vacation, so we were all preparing ourselves to go, making sure we didn’t leave anything behind.

I had to pause and now can resume, we just stopped for diesel and ice cream, and the baby is taking his second nap as we are back on the road again.  The title of the blog is a double entendre, on one hand we are off on the rest of our adventure, and on the other hand, the kids are going off and being nonstop energy, demanding, unsatisfied, crying, and whining, wanting things NOW! Not a good combination while driving 65 miles per hour.   So one is asleep, and the other two are now watching a show, so I get some me time.  I sometimes feel unappreciated as a parent, I feel like I go out of my way to make things fun for the kids, and it’s just never enough.  It gets frustrating, and then my husband is trying to concentrate on the long road ahead, and all the noise is too much for him.  The morning started out ok, they were actually even ok saying goodbye to their cousins and moving on.

I don’t want them watching movies all day, so we read some books, played with our train set, and had some snacks.  I have some fun projects for them, but it has to be their choice, and just now I got a feeling it’s good to separate the older two, they pick and poke on each other on purpose –OY!

All I can do to keep myself in my happy place is think of our next stop and get excited about seeing friends and family, then it makes it all worth it.  Honestly, I don’t know if I want to do this again for a while, maybe a short trip, but then sending them to camp.  This is definitely an amazing memory, and a unique experience for the kids, but I am feeling that “me” time is much more valuable.  We had such a blast with my family, we will see, maybe we will be missing the road next summer, but I can’t imagine doing this again until they are older, with their personalities, it is just too much.  On top of that my baby is learning to walk, he doesn’t want to stay still, he wants to go to my husband and he cannot because he is driving – I feel like a referee instead of happy teacher Yulia.

Just letting off some steam my friends,

Thank you for letting me vent,

I always say easy is boring,

I guess I asked for it,

I am happy we are doing it,

It’s all good,

Feels good to let it out,

Have a Fabulous Day!

Coach Yulia