#HOLIDAY#HOLIDAYHELLO#HOLIDAYS
MAMAKING MEMORIES
MAMAKING MEMORIES
(part 1)
holiday in Thailand
HOLIDAY - a magical word, right up there with my other fave words like SLEEP, CHEESE, DREAM and SWOON.
AND ONLY A FEW DAYS TO GO TILL WE ARE ON HOLIDAYS AGAIN!YAHOO!
We all have different ideas of what a holiday should be about. Some like mountains, some like cities, some bungy jump and seek adrenaline, some lie prostrate on beach towels and soak up the sun. Some investigate, savour the new and unfamiliar, explore, discover and seek. Some seek comfort in a familiar place, and routine. Wherever you fall on the holiday spectrum, we all love them, crave them, need them. Quite frankly, I would love take any type you offer me.
Silverton, Outback NSW
For me, in a household of teachers and school age kids, there is a rhythm to our lives that follows a 10 week school term cycle...
Week 1 We are fresh and hopeful.
Week 2 We are still feeling pretty good.
Week 3 Starting to forget we were ever on holidays, but still doing well.
Week 4 Things are getting a bit more hectic.
Week 5 Gee whizz, this is getting to be a real drag. Not fun anymore.
Week 6 Okay, jokes aside, when are the next holidays, because I am getting a bit over this.
Week 7 Everyone and everything is beginning to give me the shits, and I am quite tired.
Week 8 This family is impossible, you are all just lazy buggers, I am sick of this shit and all the school notes, having to nag all the time, and how much longer does this go on?
Week 9 Seriously, I am about to go neutron bomb crazy, and I just want to sleep and run away to join the circus, or live like a hermit in the wilds... wherever I do not need to fight about devices, homework, lunches, ballet times, school notes, answer emails or deal with the shit that tsunamis me everyday.
Week 10 Remember that I look terrible in orange, that I DO LOVE MY FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THEY DRIVE ME BATSHIT CRAZY that this too shall pass, and we can hang on till the e n d o f the w e e k...... PLEASE
And then...
HOLIDAYS! ... and we love each other again... and all is good with the world.
I guess it is because life is a juggle, and I often drop all the balls, but holidays give me the chance and hope that I can scoop them back up again and start afresh.
It also gives me time to find inspiration maybe, to call on at a later date.
And the MAIN THING... is that together we as a family , we make MEMORIES, things we later talk about, laugh at, reflect on, share...The things that help glue us together.
So when I bunged up my bloody knee, and we had to cancel a family trip to New Zealand, I was majorly bummed. Gutted. Upset. And felt tremendously guilty. I had single handedly (or kneely - bad pun) screwed it up for all 5 of us. The holiday we needed so very badly. There were tears and sobs. But there was travel insurance ( Although the bastards took 12 weeks to pay us back the policy. Nuff said. Arsehats).
adventures in New Zealand, 2015
After the initial shock, the realisation that there was no way we could get on a plane, my need for a holiday overwhelmed me and like a toddler I jumped up and down (figuratively, if not actually) and demanded we re-evaluate and re-group because I WANT A HOLIDAY!!!!
So we did. Have holiday. And we came back knackered. It was fun, it was mental, it was great. And that my friend, is where I leave this...until part 2, when I tell you about it. See you then (I hope!) x
AND ONLY A FEW DAYS TO GO TILL WE ARE ON HOLIDAYS AGAIN!YAHOO!
We all have different ideas of what a holiday should be about. Some like mountains, some like cities, some bungy jump and seek adrenaline, some lie prostrate on beach towels and soak up the sun. Some investigate, savour the new and unfamiliar, explore, discover and seek. Some seek comfort in a familiar place, and routine. Wherever you fall on the holiday spectrum, we all love them, crave them, need them. Quite frankly, I would love take any type you offer me.
Silverton, Outback NSWWeek 1 We are fresh and hopeful.
Week 2 We are still feeling pretty good.
Week 3 Starting to forget we were ever on holidays, but still doing well.
Week 4 Things are getting a bit more hectic.
Week 5 Gee whizz, this is getting to be a real drag. Not fun anymore.
Week 6 Okay, jokes aside, when are the next holidays, because I am getting a bit over this.
Week 7 Everyone and everything is beginning to give me the shits, and I am quite tired.
Week 8 This family is impossible, you are all just lazy buggers, I am sick of this shit and all the school notes, having to nag all the time, and how much longer does this go on?
Week 9 Seriously, I am about to go neutron bomb crazy, and I just want to sleep and run away to join the circus, or live like a hermit in the wilds... wherever I do not need to fight about devices, homework, lunches, ballet times, school notes, answer emails or deal with the shit that tsunamis me everyday.
Week 10 Remember that I look terrible in orange, that I DO LOVE MY FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW THEY DRIVE ME BATSHIT CRAZY that this too shall pass, and we can hang on till the e n d o f the w e e k...... PLEASE
And then...
HOLIDAYS! ... and we love each other again... and all is good with the world.
tobogganing in Bangkok
It also gives me time to find inspiration maybe, to call on at a later date.
And the MAIN THING... is that together we as a family , we make MEMORIES, things we later talk about, laugh at, reflect on, share...The things that help glue us together.
Mt. Cook, South Island NZ
adventures in New Zealand, 2015So we did. Have holiday. And we came back knackered. It was fun, it was mental, it was great. And that my friend, is where I leave this...until part 2, when I tell you about it. See you then (I hope!) x
Some Nottingham family holiday snaps - making memories
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