If time is ever moving too slow for you - just dragging on and you're wondering HOW you can make it go faster.......just GO ON A CRUISE.
Because it takes a WHOLE WEEK of pressing preparations before you can even leave:
Laundry
Writing up lists
Shopping
Making an instructions guide for our children's caretakers
Packing
Accomplishing
THE LIST
ON TOP OF the extra hours at work that I had to pick up for others in trade to get the cruise week off, and Matt had to work to get all the things done that were needed for deadlines that would come up while we were gone or very shortly after we returned.
PLUS, add a daughter's birthday and
party in there with my
annual girls' shopping weekend in Park City
on the side....
....and pretty much I was going non-stop for that first 8 days of the month.
THEN we made it on our [20th anniversary] cruise!
Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!
The Allure of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
Relief.
No Responsibility.
Restful.
{Haha. Matt took this "selfie" on the first evening.
I was so worn out by the time our vacation actually started, I fell right to sleep waiting for the show to start!}
Recreational.
{Yes! There is a operational Carousal on the ship.}
Rejuvinating.
Refreshing.
Royal Treatment.
from our awesome waiters, "Jeff" & "Lito"
Romantic.
Rewarding.
Sadly, that week went by way too fast.
Side Note: My #1 tip for married couples: Get Away Together (alone) often! (anything from a date night to an extended vacation) There's really no substitute.....but that's a whole other blog post for another time.
And then we came back home. Here's another adjective beginning with the letter "R" to describe that experience: Rude Awakening.
Not only was is COLD, but I had to now cook my own food, pick up my own towel, wipe my own nose......Oh no!!
(It's been pretty much back to work non-stop again)
So, on MONDAY, I worked my shift all day and had to go to the grocery store for all the, "Mom! We're out of (fill in the blank with anything & everything)! items the kids bombarded me with upon my return.
On TUESDAY, I worked my shift all day and had to catch up on paying bills. What in the heck was the current status of our bank account?!?
On WEDNESDAY, I worked my shift all day and did the miscellaneous "office" stuff...and finally decorated for Thanksgiving! With a side of planning our ward's Christmas party.
On THURSDAY, I finally had a day off work, so I got around to unpacking all my luggage. I also tackled cleaning the stove which appeared as if a 10 gallon pot of an assortment of foods & other stuff had exploded all over it in my absence. I also slid on in to the Post Office in the nick of time - 4:56 p.m. - to send off this month's missionary care package (a blog post for another time) for Ryan Elder Brenchley. (It's that time again, already?!?)
So, there's another week that's gone by in a FLASH.
It's November 20th already!?!?! That means practically the whole month is gone! And then Thanksgiving week always goes by fast and after that, November's over. I really can't believe how quickly it went. Here I am
left reeling.
There you have it.
Prep week + Cruise week + Catch up week.....
How to lose a month in 20 days. (but what only seemed like a few)
