Hooray! Hooray! It’s a holi-holiday!
by berberis on Aug.31, 2010, under Family, Life, Personal
Yes, even though it’s still a fortnight away, my brain has already gone into ‘demob’ mode, and I am currently not giving a tinker’s cuss what happens at work. Wrong, I know, but that’s how it is when you’re anticipating your first break as just a couple in 22 years.
Don’t get me wrong; going on holiday with kids can be fun. Pontins and Centerparcs (sic) have much to offer, providing you have access to cheap plonk and a barbecue. However, as your kids get older, they want more and you (having brought them up, and being thus burned out) want less. If you can weather the years when they can’t go where they want to without your permission – which you are happy to give, even though it is tempered by the fact you have to pack for their week away in Wales – there comes the day when they are both (a) able and, (b) desperate to get away from you. The only thing you have to bear in mind is that the cat might be horribly sick during the one and only week in the last decade that both your kids are away at the same time…
There are several things I want from this holiday, and they are:
1. That I don’t catch something before I go away.
2. That I have sufficient sunscreen (in both quantity and strength).
3. That I have sufficent reading material.
4. That I don’t catch something whilst away.
5. That we have access to the WWW.
I include the last solely in case the kids need to get in touch with us in case of an emergency. I can live without Twitter and email and access to everything you could ever need to know about everything in return for 10 days and 11 nights of sun, sand and sauvignon.
It’s a school night, so this rant has to end here. I’ve had a glass or 2 of cab-sauv and am feeling (1) relaxed and, (2) that perhaps I drink too much. YMMV. Elijah has nearly downloaded, and I will be off to the Land of Nod very soon. Night all.
