A Quickie

My husband came home from an afternoon flight in the wee hours last night and announced the plane had broken. This is not good news, but for me, it's great news. Every single time the plane has an issue, he is in East Middle of Nowhere, OK or God Forsaken, ND or some such place like that. I always asked myself, "Why can't the plane break when he is home and be stuck here with us?!" Well, for the mean time, he is! Hooray! We have a lot going on in these summer months so it really couldn't be better timing. This is all very selfish, I know, but I think I am allowed to be a tad selfish, don't you think?

We are packing and moving out of our condo this month and planning our first ever family vacation road trip and cue song from National Lampoon Family Vacation. I hear that in my head every time we sit down and plan the route out, no not on a map like the old days, but sitting in front of our massive flat screen using Google Maps. No more books on tape, either. We are loading up the ipod with Dr. Seuss and Beatrix Potter. Pack up a cooler, put some books and toys in the back and fill up the gas tank! Needless to say, this trip is going to be massively insane, but it seems to be almost a rite of passage to do a family road trip, so that's what we shall do. We are young, the kids are small, so bring on the red bull! We are loading up Frank and off we go!

Well, not that fast. We are still in the planning stages, but it will be toward the end of the month. And I thought I was a bad mother for failing to plan up the summer for the kids. Things to do just seem to find us these days...