Lately I have had the vacation bug eating away at me.  I want to go SOMEWHERE!  Anywhere!  I don’t care, just take me away! This probably has something to do with the baby tying us down for the past six months or maybe because a year has passed since our trip to Italy.  Whatever the reason, I find myself spending a lot of time on Trip Advisor these days, trying to find ideal vacation spots for our little family.

So Friday night during supper, I announce, “I’m ready to go somewhere.”  This was my way of getting the ball rolling on our next vacation…to start discussing possible places and time frames.

“Ok, let’s go…how long will it take us to get packed?”

“You mean, tonight?! As in right now?”

“Sure, why not?” he says nonchalantly as he starts taking the dinner plates to the kitchen… like we have just decided to watch a movie or something.

Not wanting to rationalize my way out of a mini-vacation, I hop to it.  I pack while he researches places on the internet.  I book the hotel while he loads the car.  Two hours later we are pulling out of the driveway.  Our destination: Stone Mountain, Georgia.  Not that I consider this to be a vacation exactly, but it’s somewhere other than my house, so I’m in.

We ended up having a great weekend.  Stone Mountain is a perfect little weekend getaway if you are in the Birmingham area.  I had no idea it has so much for children.  We opted for the “Adventure Pass” which was well worth the price…train rides, sky tram, 4-D movie theater, an obstacle course, and crazy three-story barn filled with jungle gyms and balls flying through the air.  As you can imagine, Edie thought she was in heaven.  Truth is, I kind of did too.  

It felt so good just to get away even for a short time.  I’m not saying that my vacation bug has been squished, but we did at least wound it a little…maybe pulled its wings off or something.   I mean, I did sit in front of my computer all day today at work and not once did I type ”www.travelocity.com,” so that’s a good sign.   Hopefully, it will tide me over a couple of more months until we can really go somewhere.

For about a month now, I have been hyping Edie up on how lucky she is. You see, my mother and I have been planning a “girls only” beach trip for the past month now, and along the way, I have been asking Edie questions like, “Are we going to build sandcastles?” or “Are we going to collect sea shells?” She is so excited about going she is beside herself.

Well, the day is finally here, and we are leaving in about an hour. I refrained from mentioning it to her all yesterday. I didn’t want a repeat of the day we went to the lake, and she was up WAY before the sun, asking if we could go now.

I won’t be posting during the week because I am not even taking my computer. I am not sure if we even would have internet access, but when you go with all girls, you’re not really suppose to bring your laptop with you anyway.

Hope everyone has a great week!