I think I can....I think I can....
This post will chronicle the day before our next vacation and share the past 24 hours...
We arrived home from our Hawaii trip at about 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, and we are leaving for our week in Emerald Isle, NC on Saturday at 6:00 a.m. Basically, I have Thursday and Friday to get ready for another week long vacation.
Crazy? Yes, definitely!!! Espcially with 6 hours of jet lag to deal with. :)
I remember the discussion about this time with Don about a year ago, and we talked about if we would be able to come home jet lagged/and repack to leave again with only 2 days in between. Two Teachers with no outside pressures? Sure, we could do this!! We'll see........................................follow our two days and I'll post the final results Friday night before we go to sleep. Hopefully we'll still be speaking to each other at that time. Just how organized am I.......read on to find out, because I have no idea how this will turn out. :)
Wednesday night:
- landed at Dulles at about 4:00 p.m. after a 5 hour flight from San Fransisco
- stopped at Bloom (grocery store) to get some real food for dinner - Steak, Fries and Salad.
- prepared dinner and ate at 8:00, tried to get everyone showered and in bed at a decent hour.....not so much....about 11:00 the girls settled down and fell asleep
- woke to alarm at 8:30 a.m. - had to get Jack to a 9:00 a.m.vet appointment to get his shots updated before he goes to "Doggy Summer Camp" for a week while we are at the beach
- started laundry - need to clean the beach/summer clothes to repack them for another beach/summer trip
- 7 loads of laundry later, almost all is clean and sitting in piles in the staging room to be repacked tomorrow
- schedule playdate for the girls for Friday to get them some friend time before they have to spend another 8 days with each other
- unpacked the souvenirs/presents for family members, to repack them to take to the beach and present to mom/dad/sister Patty and her husband Ev.
- did grocery trip to buy food for the beach - packed the non perishable food
- Don did trip to Target (with girls) to buy more sunscreen/shampoo/etc. that we used up during the last 2 weeks
- tried to answer emails and pay bills that are almost overdue before we leave again
- made another real dinner - no more eating out (for at least another 24 hours)
- dropped car off at shop to get oil change and trip check before driving 7 hours to the beach
- early bed....well around 9:30 for all
- woke up at 8:00 a.m. with a HORRIBLE backache - too much laundry lugging and luggage unpacking yesterday? It's my own fault.......coffee and motrin will hopefully help
- started stressing about all that needs to get done today and then realized this is my fault and decided to blog instead
- still blogging and avoiding....(is Don rubbing off on me:)
- got a call from the car place - new front brakes/rear brakes serviced/tire rotation/oil change.....$1100.00.....all done by 5:00 p.m. tonight? He says he can do it.....stressed? No.....are we still leaving tomorrow? Stay tuned.......
- got the car back.....the planets must have been aligned because we got the call that the car was done at the same time that Don was getting ready to take Jack to "Summer Camp."
- stuck the girls in the car and drove over to pick it up
- car home, piles being made...When Don gets home we pack the car and then watch
PHINEAS and FERB's HAWAIIAN VACATION!
The girls are very excited about this and I think Don is just as much! We are big Phineas and Ferb fans...and saw this advertised while we were in Hawaii, so tonight we watch!
- Jack dropped off and 3 females are packed! Piles are by the front door, dinner is planned and after dinner we will pack the car!
- We might actually make it out the door tomorrow morning.
See you in North Carolina.....
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