Vacations

It seems like we were tricked as kids. Vacations meant leaving town, putting your cares behind you, meeting new people and having a blast...sometimes pretending to be someone you never could be at home. These days vacations mean planning, barely getting a chance to talk with adults, taking care of over-tired kids, and really needing a vacation once you get back home. Of course, it is still fun to get away, but I guess I just need to change my view of what taking a vacation means now. Next time I'll just remind myself ahead of time that it will be a lot of work, but how else will Elias get the true experience of vacation?