Can you hear it?
The noise of my eleven year old,
as she squeals with excitement.
“One more day!”.
Tomorrow we are off.
Usually I have no problem,
finding the words to describe a situation,
but this is beyond my capabilities.
Our youngest, aged eleven, cannot be contained.
The airport, the airplane and the idea of being abroad,
are filling her with an excitement,
which reminds me of Christmas eve as a child.
Getting ready for holidays though,
is such hard work.
In the end you are ready for another holiday!
In our house,
I book the tickets, and car,
check in online,
wash and iron the clothes,
do the packing,
and get all the extras together.
I must admit it that at times,
I do get a bit tetchy!
Then when I am just about ready to explode,
my husband says,
“Relax, you are a bit cranky”.
Now before you agree with him,
this is a man who still has not packed.
It is nearly 9pm and we leave at 7am tomorrow.
The reason I know he has not packed yet,
is that he has no suitcase,
as it is in my friends house waiting for him to collect it!
I am waiting for him to realize this.
In truth the work is done now,
all except my dearly beloved are packed,
and the feeling in the house is one of holiday.
So to each of you who have read this,
and to those who read regularly,
I will say a final goodbye for now.
See you in ten days.
So just in case you do in fact miss me,
let me recommend a couple of my early posts.
I will go back to a time when most of you didn’t know I existed.
So why not check out,
I confess and I’m still not sorry.
A mothers intuition
Bye for now.
xx
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My thoughts on a page. 
enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. let him end up with whatever he ends up with, and don’t worry at all. enjoy!
Happy safe travels to you all…and may it not rain! 🙂
Maravillosas Vacaciones! Have a wonderful vacation, tric. You deserve it totally. Cheers!
hope you all have a great time, tric 😆
p.s. try to avoid taking any trains while you’re in Spain – they’re all over the plain !
Have a safe trip, enjoy yourself! 🙂
Sorry I didn’t get your comment before leaving for my holiday. We got home last night and had a fantastic time. Hope all is good in your world. I have a lot of reading to catch up on!
Welcome back! 🙂
Thanks. Enjoying being home.
Hmm, yes, I have a husband like that, too. Fabulous at the Big Ideas. The ‘details’? Not so great!
Sorry I didn’t get your comment before I left. We are home from a super holiday and thankfully he packed eventually and we had a ball!
Oh I AM glad. We get all stressed and wound up and then it all works out in the end. I am trying to learn to just relax and let him get on with it as far as I can!
Have a lovely time xx
Have a wonderful time in Spain!
Thank you. We are back home and had a fantastic holiday. 🙂
While you were way, I sent you another award anyway:)! Can’t wait to hear recaps of your trip!
Thank you so very much. I really appreciate it. We had a great time, a wonderful holiday overall. Hard to believe it’s all over.
I understand how your daughter was feeling. The first time I went abroad was to Spain, and I was 11 years old… Have a great time 🙂
Thanks for your comment.We came home yesterday and it was a great holiday. My youngest spent every day so happy. Ah well back to reality and thankfully blogging!
Hello tric,
Just to let you know that we are missing you already, as we haven’t heard from you for over 10 days by now. The blogosphere is not the same without your fresh thoughts on a page. 🙂
Hope you are having a good time in Spain with family. Have a good one!
Aplausos! Slainte!
-Deo,
August 8, 2013.
Hi. So good to hear from you. As you write I am just finishing my first post since returning last night. So hold on and you can read it shortly!
I have loads of reading to do to catch up. I had a fantastic holiday but the best part of being home is blogging!
Thank you so much for such a kind comment.
Great! Welcome home!
I am looking forward to read your new post.
Best Regards.
-Deo
Wishing you safe travels and a wonderful time! xx
Too late, we’re home!!! Lol, home last night and had a ball. Thanks anyway for the good wishes.xx
Oops, sorry, I’m so behind on reading other blogs because of a project I’m working on…anyway, glad you had a safe and fun trip. I’d love to go to Spain someday, too! xx