2009: Year of the kinda-staycation
Yeah, I know "staycation" sounds kinda cheesy and I have never been open to the idea much in the past. However, with a 7 month old and facing a possible 20 day furlough, it is an idea that the Whitworth family is entertaining this year. I couldn’t stand not getting any time away from home, so it looks like we are going to take a kinda-staycation.
I read a great blog this morning: Tips for the best Staycation Ever. In it Matt Wixon was interviewed and his words really helped reinforce some basic "rules" that we need to follow:
"It’s so important to treat the staycation as much like a traditional vacation as possible. It’s a good idea to give the staycation a start and end date and devote as much of the time in between to relaxing, having fun, and breaking out of a rut. For any vacation, staycation or traditional, you have to unplug. Unplug from work, from your chores, from the daily compulsion to get things done."
We are still kicking around ideas for this year and so far it probably means taking a weekend trip without Eli (sorry bud) to somewhere close by (the beach, the mountains) and then coming back to Greensboro and spending time at the pool.
Hopefully I can spend time catching up on some things I really have wanted to do but just haven’t had time (reading, writing. music, etc) and just relaxing. Maybe a couple day trips to the zoo or a good mountain biking trail. I also like the idea of going out to eat some of the time like we were on a vacation (no cleanup = no stress). Plus it gives us a chance to try a few restaurants that we just never get around to trying.