As I sit back and really think about it, I haven’t been on a vacation (a real, honest-to-God vacation) in over 5 years. Last one that kind of counted was our honeymoon. But I was 6 months post-partum and had to lug my breast pump to Vegas so I could pump and dump every three hours. How sexy. How romantic.
Since then, I’ve been on plenty of airplanes, sure. I went to Disney with my daughter for two days for a blogger’s conference a few years ago, except I was inside in workshops most of the time and when I wasn’t, I was nursing my daughter back to health as she got sick shortly after we arrived. I went to D.C. a few times for conferences and speaking engagements but those are for business, not pleasure.
I took my kids on a weekend trip to a city that’s two hours away and that was fun. But it wasn’t the kind of “kick back in a beach chair, sip a fruity drink and let all your cares melt away” kind of vacation I need. (Everyone knows a vacation with the kids is not a vacation at all.)
So I’m hoping I can get away at some point this year. I might be scaring my husband with how often he catches me online searching for cheap flights. I keep looking at my budget, deciding not to go to Chipotle now so I can go to Jamaica later. I have begun looking at ways to save money to get me there. We’ve got all this stuff in the house taking up room that I plan to sell to add money to our vacation fund”“ DVDs, appliances, baby clothes, baby gear. I know I won’t get rich, but I hope it will be enough to make a dent in the cost of the vacation.
“˜Cause I need to go somewhere. Being a mom, wife, husband, father””those are some big roles to fill. If we don’t take the time to recharge, we can fall apart.
BMWK, when’s the last time you went on vacation””without the kids?
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We just took a vacation without the kids after 8 years…. We went to Puerto Rico for 5 days. It was needed! We have decided that we must do it yearly even if its a weekend getaway.
NEVER!!!! And we keep saying we need to go. There are so many barriers. It is frustrating and exhausting at the same time. One day……we hope one day soon……
We make it a point to take an anniversary trip every year. Sometimes it’s just a weekend – other times we sneak off for 10 days. This trip is worth saving and sacrificing for. it’s truly an investment in your relationship.
It’s been 12 years for my husband and I.This weekend we are finally able to have a child free weekend at the beach!
It’s been a LONG time. We’ve been planning a girls trip to Miami b/c I’m long over due.
Our kids are 23 and 17 and we have vacationed without them only 3 times. We loved vacationing with our kids. The time we have them while they are actually kids is so short when you think about it. I loved every moment and I would do it again. A young co-worker of mine went on a kid free vacation to New York with her hubby. Her son wanted to know why New York didn’t allow kids. That ate at her and she says she won’t leave them again. Different strokes for everyone..