Before children, I returned from vacation refreshed, well rested and energized. I was rejuvenated to push forward with life, gleaming with health and sleep.
After children, you do not return from vacation refreshed, well rested and energized. (Well, you do if you managed to vacation without your kiddies or with a full time nanny. Unfortunately, neither apply to my life.)
Vacationing with children is sort of like going on an all night, bender of a party in your college days. You enjoy it while you're doing it. (All those shots of tequila go down REAL easy... Hmmm, okay at least they did for me.) But, the next morning you feel like crap. You're tired and headachy and grumpy. You are confronted with a hang over of nightmare proportions.
My lovely vacation in Florida with my kiddies was great. We loved the beach. We all had a fantastic time. But reentry into normal life has left us all with a bitch of a vacation hangover. I have huge bags under my eyes brought on by an eight day sleep drought. I am grumpy. I am physically exhausted. Even worse, the kiddies are hung over too. They are beyond tired. Their behavior is an abomination. And the tantrums are coming fast and furious.
In short, we are not an attractive family right now. We are coming dangerously close to being like those families you see featured on Super Nanny. It is not good.
My only remedy for our family hangover may be an early bed tonight for the boys and margaritas for Chris and me. It may not be a long term solution, but it might just help push us over the hump.
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