On a positive note, I am happy we did it, the fun was fun, visiting my family and friends was wonderful. Also there are a few events I will be able to attend in LA with my fellow Doulas, and a wonderful friends birthday party - YAY. I am sad we missed my husbands family and many of my friends in Denver and New York, but our RV is malfunctioning, and the kids are pushing each others buttons and crying morning until night. Seriously, for people in jails or other wrong doing, they should put them in a room with crying kids 24/7, that would be a severe punishment.
Here is a synopsis of the past three vacations that we have had, and we really thought this trip was something the whole family would enjoy, WE WERE WRONG. Lesson learned, but no regrets.
1. Last year my husband came home one day before summer began and asked if I would like to visit my family in Atlanta with an RV, without hesitation, I said YES. We are not big travellers, its not easy with little kids, lugging all the stuff, and its a big expense. It was crazy how it all worked out but literally a week before my husband found the perfect RV, my kids were in heaven, my baby was 4 months, nursed and slept, easy as pie. My other kids were smaller so they napped as well, I don't remember it being easy, but it was definitely something we were excited to do again. We were on the road about three days to Atlanta and three days back, one week total with my family. From that moment my kids would get excited when they saw any RV on the road.
2. Thanks to our calm, easy baby, in January, my husband and I left the kids in the trusted hands of good friends and my mom, and got away for the first time in five years on a cruise in Miami all by ourselves. It was magic, we napped every day. When we stepped on the plane to go, my husband said, "we did it, maybe we should do it again." Everything was great with the kids, they had school, the baby probably didn't know what happened, he never spent a day without one of us. We were so refreshed and happy to be home. That is something we absolutely have to to again - SOON.
3. For this years trip, I am not sure when all the plans started happening, but we were really excited to go all over the place, based on the experience of our first trip. I was thinking that the baby would be a bit of a challenge since he is just learning to walk and always on the move, but I really thought the other kids would just love the road and all their toys and projects that I prepared for them. What they were most interested in was fighting, screaming, crying, blaming, and saying, I want it NOW! To top it off our fridge stopped working right away, our food got spoiled, luckily the freezer was OK, we took a lot of chickens. We had medication that had to be refrigerated, but luckily the freezer kept the refrigerated stuff cool, but it was small. Also the produce in Miami SUCKS, I am not kidding, how did I survive living there for 15 years? I feel grateful we were able to do Atlanta and then in Miami stay at an awesome RV park where we had all the hookups and were very comfortable. Having our car is really the only way to go, especially in Miami where nothing is around the corner.
If you have been reading all along, you read all the obstacles in our path, beginning with the first RV rental guy trashing our original plans, its all good, overall I am satisfied and happy to get home, and put the kids in camp!
Happy Summer,
Home bound,
Coach Yulia
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