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Post Vacation Blahs
"I could live here", he said to me.
"Really? Just like that? Up and move to North Carolina?" I responded
"Yeah. I love it here. I keep seeing companies I could work for, too......."
"I've been trying to get you to UP and move to Lexington, or somewhere around there for the last 11 years, to no avail......and here you are, ready to move our lives to North Carolina......"
"Don't you love it here?"
"Of course I LOVE it here. But we are on vacation. Remember, they have off seasons, and it's not so warm....plus that whole hurricane issue......boarding up the house, blah, blah, blah....."
"Well, I think I could find a job here, no problem."
~And that was the end of the conversation. The house we stayed in, as most of you saw from the pictures I posted here, was gorgeous. The game we play mid way through the week is....."How much do you think this house would sell for?" Millions. Mildly put.
If we were to move to NC, and we AREN'T, we'd have to live in a shack to afford a home by the ocean. There's too many of us for a shack. Besides, I have no desire to up and move further from my home town. FYI, we had almost the same conversation the first time I took him to Boston, in the middle of the summer.....and instead of hurricanes, I added snow, tremendous amounts of snow.
This week, the week after vacation flew by. I looked up and it was Friday already. I had thought, the week while on vacation was flying by, as it always does, but this past week disappeared on me.
I'm ready to get in my car and go again. There is something inherently soothing to me, sitting in front of those waves. "I was born in the sign of water, and it's there that I feel my best......sailing on the bright and clear blue waters," sings the Little River Band in the song Cool Change. My anthem.
The week happened without too many problems. We had one moment, where my oldest nephew, although smaller in size than Aaron, dunked him under water, long enough for him to come up gasping for air......and none of us ever saw it happen, even though, we all sat around the pool. I could have became fire hot mad over the situation, as it is a LAW by ME, no dunking allowed by anyone. But I let it go, as Aaron was fine, just scared to death.
A couple of nights later, as the kids were in the rec room downstairs, Alyssa came upstairs to inform us that my youngest nephew and Aaron were playing with a can of bug repellent, "OFF"......using it to deodorize the ground floor. My brother and his wife went into manic mode. They were on the phone for their child, to the poison hotline.
"Oh, GOD! You can SMELL it on his FACE!" my SIL stated to me, looking me directly in the eye. I just watched as they panicked, and answered various questions asked by the poison control hotline person. "No, the can feels full........I'm not sure, but we can smell it all over his face......." my brother relayed to the other end of the line.
"Ahem, least he didn't try to drown your kid, just exterminate him......". Did I say that outloud.......? Oh great.....I did. Aren't you supposed to spray that stuff ON......your body? Maybe I should leave the room. Really......go pretend your are angry as all get out, at your own child. Maybe I should be panicking as well. But I'm not. I'm thinking aloud. Thinking, this is NUTS. But then again, I AM the slacker Mom.
Boys will be boys. Next year, they'll be older and wiser.......they'll figure out how to shut their older FEMALE rivalry in a closet, so she can't inform us of anything.
Just so you don't think I'm actually a slacker Mom......I did scold Aaron for even playing with the can of OFF, that belonged to my brother......that said under his breath, that he shouldn't have left it where the boys could get a hold of it.....ahem, but he did.......Did I say that outloud again? Stop it, Angel......stop!
I only joke about this NOW, as it was NEVER a serious thing in the first place. Sometimes, young parents overreact, feel superior to all other parents and I usually overlook those things. They'll learn, I tell myself. Or maybe they won't.....Maybe they'll spend their lives believing that they are the first parents EVER to grace this earth. IT happens.
Otherwise, the week was relaxing. I hung by the pool all week long. We headed to the beach one day, but the wind was so strong, we were getting sand blasted! No kidding. It actually hurt to stand anywhere, but in the water.
I'm already looking for a new house for next year. We wanted to stay in the same one again, but just a week later, as Andrew and my step daughter have finals that first week of June, but the house has already been booked for 2009.
Last thing, before I go. A rocking chair continued to move on it's own, off and on, all week long. I've become quiet about bringing those sort of things up in front of my Dad, as he doesn't believe the things I think.......and he even said to me about the 5th day......"That rocking chair is unnerving to me. Everytime I look over at it, it's rocking." And his face had a quizzical like look on it and just said......"I know, I know~".
Angel
Da Boys, Cape Hatteras, NC 2008
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Oh my goodness look at how darling the boys are!!! Mine would of had those white shirts filthy before I could of even taken the picture! I always do that when I go on vacation too............the moving there game! Linda
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lmao I have 28 yes 28 godchildren and I love it when the new parents or as I like to call them first timers are around and panic over the silliest things .. that is why my house is always full .. next week they will all be here in and out for the 4th holiday and I am sure to have some stories of my own to tell ..
have a great time .. ps my mom does me the same way it is very comforting to me .
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Sherry
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Rocking chair...I'm sure your Mom enjoyed going on vacation with you guys. I can almost see you smiling every time you saw it rocking.
Hopefully you get to move back to Lexington one of these days. That's were your heart is.
Happy Father's Day to Eddie and your Dad!
Hugs
Debbie -
that house was something else! too bad it was already booked for next year. I think the week went well considering all that were living in one house; those two incidents were major-minor ones if that makes sense (concern but not all out panic). that rocking chair was something else for sure!
I've done vacations the first part of summer, middle of summer and end of summer; I found the best time for us was end of summer to have something to look forward to during those hot summer days, but sometimes that's not an option
take care of yourself
betty
6/18/08 8:46 PM
That is so awesome about the rocking chair....it made me smile =) I know your mama was right there with you guys all along.....
Hugs
Terri