Every year, Doug and I take a mini-vacation away from the kids and have their two grandmas watch them at our house. And these 2 days quickly set our routines upside down. Here are thirteen things that got out of whack.
- House - The grandmas are not quite as strict about having the kids clean up their toys. When we got back I found all sorts of things under the aquarium table: poker chips, fish from a fishing game, plastic easter egg halves, spoons, monkeys from monkeys in a barrel, and ice from Don't Break the Ice, too name a few. When I asked Dova what all that stuff was doing there, she said "that's my garbage can." I instantly hit the roof and all relaxation gained from vacation disappeared.
- Dova - Our daughter was replaced by a sweet girl that showers you with kisses instead of being grumpy and difficult. A welcome change!
- Adam - Our normally well-behaved son became totally manic and out of control. He even stepped squarely on my foot with his hockey skate after hockey practice. Calm down!
- Work - I somehow managed to erase from my brain all details of the specification I worked on last week. But the general manager stopped by today to give me a personal atta-girl. At least someone thinks I know what I'm doing!
- Eating - We expected to overeat, but for whatever reason things were not moving so well on the other end. I had low energy and felt lethargic on the last day because of it.
- Walking - We are starting our 10,000 step program at work again this year and I forgot to put on my pedometer on the first day yesterday.
- Sk*rt submission - I managed to keep posting on the first day, but totally fell off the horse on the second.
- RSS reader - I had to mark stuff read without reading today because I just couldn't keep up.
- Tuesday Toot - I had a great post planned but it never happened. Good thing it comes around every week.
- Wordless Wednesday - ditto.
- Book giveaway - I totally forgot to pick a winner for my book giveaway yesterday. I finally did tonight, congratulations Bebemiqui!
- Blog template - I tested some changes on iPhone bytes, but never intended to leave it for an extended period. Good thing no one reads it anyway!
- Contest bytes - So many contests to blog, so little time! Check out the $25 freebie I posted tonight.
6 comments :
Good for you! It's worth it to get everything out of whack to be alone with hubby!
Grandparents are natural child behavior modifiers. That's what we do. Some days that's a good thing, some days, not so much.
I just got back from a vacation yesterday. Sometimes you need a vacation from your vacation. Things are always a little off when you get back. I'll be heading back out on vacation in a few weeks...to your neck of the woods. We'll be going to a wedding in Boston.
I always think I need a couple days to re-coop from a vacation.
I swear if I even blink my RSS reader fills up, let alone of I'm gone for a few days.
Great list
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