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This very long day of travel is already off to a “great” start since it’s 4 am and I have been playing musical beds with the kids for at least two hours. When I finally found a quite bed where I could sleep the most irritating dog on the planet adorable puppy decided since she was up that she would take a crap in the floor of the room I was sleeping in. Now I am up again, cleaning poop and it’s too stinky to sleep in that room. When I open the door, the 2 year old is wide awake standing in the hall for the 127th time. I put him back to bed and gave up on sleep for myself. So with a total of 3 hours sleep I am going to run around all day like a crazy woman, go to a crowded airport with two children, get on a nonstop flight from one side of the country to the other at 4 pm (otherwise known as “crazy time” at our house) and try not to lose my mind before the plane touches down on the other side.
I was watching a show, Modern Family I think, and their family went on vacation. The husband wanted his wife to let loose and relax because they were on vacation. She told him “this isn’t vacation, I’m a mom, this is a business trip!” Isn’t that the truth! It’s hard to relax when you are the keeper of…well, everything. I found myself amused yesterday while I was packing hubby’s boxer shorts; he never mentioned packing any of his stuff. In fact, he rolled his eyes slightly when I told him we needed another suitcase for the trip. So what was his plan? His plan was that I would take care of all of the insignificant details like washing and packing his clothes!

All of that aside, I am thrilled to be going on vacation. I am so excited to see my parents, my brother and my friends. We are taking the kids to Sea World (their favorite place on Earth!) and there is that little thing called “My 30th birthday!” Hubby and I are taking a 3 day side trip for my birthday with casino’s and wine tasting and SLEEP! I am really looking forward to it…the sleep not the 30 part.

So here begins the last week of my 20′s and our very first family vacation as a “complete family”. Wish me luck! Hopefully I will not strangle one of my children or my husband on the plane. I also hope that I can get up early enough tomorrow to make my 10am hair appointment, that my kids don’t put all of their food on my mothers floor during meals times and that I don’t say something so rude and inappropriate while drunk on my birthday that someone never speaks to me again.

If it’s slow around here, you know why but I’ll be back so don’t go away! Lauterbach Family Vacation 2011 has officially started! I should have had t-shirts with that printed for hubby and the kids to wear on the plane. HA! That would teach him to let me be in charge of his clothes!

See you soon!