i have to answer "spring break?" to me that means NO MOthERS dAY out....uuuhh!! Not much else. With no school age babies yet i think mommies deserve a SPriNG BrEAk of their OWN.... who is in? And i can't help but recall what spring break really means......
As a Little Kid - we packed the mini van full of way too many plastic toys, pillows, and rode laying down in the back amongst friends and family....NO CAR SEAT! And laughed and mom always had some type of "new" game she wanted to play. when we arrived we were Riding the waves (rain/shine and who cared what color the flag was that day...just meant BIGGER/ROUGHER waves to ride) and building sand castles all day. one piece Swimsuit (the crotch lining stayed FULL of sand), hair like straw pulled back and all of my little body covered in sticky sunscreen 30+ and sometimes even the colorful kind all over my nose.
Teenager - Covered in Baby Oil (when mom was NOT looking), sunbathing, flipping through mags, listening to walkman (is that what we called them?) Came in when mom called that she made lunch for everyone. Sand barely touches feet and only get wet when you can't see through the sweat any longer. Moved to bikinis and lots of different ones.... we would hate to see someone wearing the suit we wore yesterday!
College Student - mexico or anyplace else that their greatest tax revenue is from Tequila. OR anywhere that was cheap and whose parents didn't mind us crashing... do you call the little 4x4 crochet pieces tied together with dental floss a bathing suit? drive to all other beaches to go out, stay until the bar closes, on LAST CALL you decided who is going to have the "after" party, which usually meant someone was going swimming and ruining anything NON-WAterProof they were wearing... see the beautiful sunrise and then head home for a "POWER" nap before the drinking started again..... (i am exhausted just thinking of those times....and now i KNOW where the wrinkles came from and the under eye bags that will forever be a part of me now! thanks self!)
Early 20's, a new job- "What, I don't get a spring Break?!" and this is what is wrong with the world.... I NEED SPRING BREAK!!! (oh and a loan to pay for it.)
Early 30's, 2.5 Kids all under the age of 4 - Too busy applying and re-applying sunscreen and changing wet swimsuits of little ones to notice if vacation is relaxing. ITS NOT! then realizing ITS THE FURTHESt thing from RELAXING YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET. still...a Bikini worn with a tunic coverup (which will NOT come off!!) Somehow end up soaking wet from rescuing little ones from the deep end, drying eyes, etc. etc. Didn't even fool with bringing a book, magazine, barely get a word in to any adult due to the non-stop baby chasing...(why do they LOVE to walk the edges of the pool?) Hubby opens you a beer which sits and boils in the sun.... its hard to take a small sip when running around the pool and building sand castles and comforting babies when the other brother KNOCKS it down and then when he can't get his castle to stay up........ mental note: next year, we are bringing "HELP" or staying home......this is far from a spring BREAK!!!
now that is as far as my time line goes..... needless to say, we didn't do much this spring break. We stayed close to my mom, our lolly, gazed out into the 40 degrees and raining weather but don't start feeling sorry for us.... we have big summer plans with several beach trips and some adult trips (thank you in advance miss allie) Where are you in the timeline of spring break?
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