I realize I've been back from Central America for over a week now and have yet to write a blog about it. I will! I promise! I finally got around to unpacking and putting everything away yesterday, so that's a step in the right direction, yes? But first-- you get a completely different reading experience.
Leo and I love to travel. No secret there. It really is one of our favorite things to do together. Especially with school and work and the countless other things we're juggling on a daily basis around here, it's so nice just to drop it all, find a place we haven't been yet, and go! So, being the type of person I am, I started planning back in JANUARY and trying to come up with different possible summer travel scenarios for this year. And it's been one obstacle after another.
Our schedules are ridiculous. There's no other word for it. Mine's a little better than his, but when added together, there's zero wiggle room. Since January, I've scribbled little notes to myself of important dates: when each of our classes start and stop, Leo's teaching schedule, Leo's summer camp teaching schedule, his coaching schedule, my work schedule... These dates were then projected onto several color-coded spreadsheets, and analyzed time and time again to try to find a loophole. (Don't judge me.) One did not exist. We originally thought of flying up to the Midwest and making our way through South Dakota and into Montana and Wyoming- visiting Mount Rushmore, the Badlands and Yellowstone along the way. Definitely no time for that. So then we thought about heading up to Portland/Seattle and setting sail on an Alaskan cruise from there. Nope. And then maybe a trip to Hawaii? Again- no. (Notice how the days necessary for each trip are shrinking...) I held out hope that we could find at least four days together and we could do Vegas or Miami. But that idea also crumbled.
I realize this may sound strange seeing as I just got back from an amazing trip to Central America and had a fabulous time (to be chronicled later). But traveling WITH Leo is much different. The idea is to get away together.
It was about this time last month that I finally came to the conclusion that we would not be leaving Dallas as a twosome this summer. The spreadsheets were erased from my computer's memory in a fit of crankiness and I reenacted this scene from Anchorman a few times:
HOWEVER, we did come up with a Plan F. As of 4pm this afternoon, we will be checking into the beautiful Magnolia Hotel in downtown Dallas and enjoying an entire weekend of absolutely nothing.
We may walk around the West End or go to the Botanical Gardens or get some pampering at a spa... but nothing is officially planned. It is also very likely we could stay in and eat room service and watch soccer all weekend! I guess we'll see. Although made-up words like "staycation" make me cringe, I've been told that's exactly what we're doing. Tourists in our own city!
Leo and I love to travel. No secret there. It really is one of our favorite things to do together. Especially with school and work and the countless other things we're juggling on a daily basis around here, it's so nice just to drop it all, find a place we haven't been yet, and go! So, being the type of person I am, I started planning back in JANUARY and trying to come up with different possible summer travel scenarios for this year. And it's been one obstacle after another.
Our schedules are ridiculous. There's no other word for it. Mine's a little better than his, but when added together, there's zero wiggle room. Since January, I've scribbled little notes to myself of important dates: when each of our classes start and stop, Leo's teaching schedule, Leo's summer camp teaching schedule, his coaching schedule, my work schedule... These dates were then projected onto several color-coded spreadsheets, and analyzed time and time again to try to find a loophole. (Don't judge me.) One did not exist. We originally thought of flying up to the Midwest and making our way through South Dakota and into Montana and Wyoming- visiting Mount Rushmore, the Badlands and Yellowstone along the way. Definitely no time for that. So then we thought about heading up to Portland/Seattle and setting sail on an Alaskan cruise from there. Nope. And then maybe a trip to Hawaii? Again- no. (Notice how the days necessary for each trip are shrinking...) I held out hope that we could find at least four days together and we could do Vegas or Miami. But that idea also crumbled.
I realize this may sound strange seeing as I just got back from an amazing trip to Central America and had a fabulous time (to be chronicled later). But traveling WITH Leo is much different. The idea is to get away together.
It was about this time last month that I finally came to the conclusion that we would not be leaving Dallas as a twosome this summer. The spreadsheets were erased from my computer's memory in a fit of crankiness and I reenacted this scene from Anchorman a few times:
HOWEVER, we did come up with a Plan F. As of 4pm this afternoon, we will be checking into the beautiful Magnolia Hotel in downtown Dallas and enjoying an entire weekend of absolutely nothing.
We may walk around the West End or go to the Botanical Gardens or get some pampering at a spa... but nothing is officially planned. It is also very likely we could stay in and eat room service and watch soccer all weekend! I guess we'll see. Although made-up words like "staycation" make me cringe, I've been told that's exactly what we're doing. Tourists in our own city!
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