Vacation

It’s very infrequent in one’s life to be in a place of complete and utter utopia. Of course I have moments of sheer happiness but complete and utter utopia requires your brain and all emotions to be completely involved in the one thing you are doing. And being a complex individual, such as myself, it is very difficult for me […]

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So I did it! I successfully went on vacation and left my two kiddos. And believe it or not, I actually had a nice time. I missed them so much, even ventured on the side of obsessed with the amount of times I looked at their pictures and talked about them. The day we left both kids had fevers, were […]

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I realized shortly into motherhood that being a parent ruined me. Any sort of sanity, inner serenity I had went out the door. I will never be the same as a result of parenthood. As I prepare for my trip ahead, I realize that I will never truly be able to enjoy such a vacation or possibly any vacation ever […]

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Last week I spent three out of the five days of the week away from my family on a business trip. And much like most things in life, the anticipation of this time away was worse than actually being away. When I thought of not holding, hugging and kissing my kids, I just ached with pain and guilt from going […]

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All year we work hard, put our time in and our bank grows. Unfortunately it’s not always our financial bank account that is growing, rather our vacation bank. And as we accumulate those days we dream of luxurious vacations, warm destinations and days filled with relaxation. And as the days at work get long and hard or the climate becomes […]

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Hillary Clinton as a presidential candidate is just further evidence of how far women have come. Women suffrage has given women like myself the opportunity to compete in a male dominated world. And all I have to say to the women who worked hard to break the glass ceiling is thanks a lot, please insert sarcasm. Women were traditionally seen […]

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Over my nice Thanksgiving “break,” I was afforded the opportunity to spend time with three of the most special people in the world – Adam, Drew and Gabriela. I’m really at my happiest place when the four of us are together. It didn’t hurt that the weekend was actually full of fun activities, progress with chores, downtime to relax and […]

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