Vacations

[theatokos]

Adam and I suck at taking vacations. We often sabotage ourselves - talking ourselves out of spending money on them, or only going to see friends or family, which is important, but defeats the purpose of a private vacation. I usually use my paid vacation time to get home to Alaska. Even then I am such a Planner and Doer that I make sure I get my fishing, hiking and socializing in. This year I'll be using my paid vacation as maternity leave.

At my last midwife appointment, the midwife pretty much told us to take a vacation. I've heard from one or two other new moms that spending some quality time together before the baby comes is crucial. I think we should take a vacation too. We never even took a honeymoon! I talked us out of that one....

But what do we do? Where do we go? We don't have a ton of money. We don't own a car. I'm thinking it might be nice to get out of town over Memorial Day weekend - 4 whole days! But everybody else will be vacationing then too. Our work schedules are super flexible; getting time off is no problem at all, but it would be nice to vacation on a paid holiday, rather than lose money! We can't go camping (no gear, not comfortable at this point in my pregnancy). Adam doesn't like the beach (at least, he doesn't like sandy beaches) and I don't like the hot, so I'd prefer to go north rather than south.

Any suggestions? Seriously. Vacations have me stumped.

Comments

[introducingyael.livejournal.com]

Is there a city driving distance away that you could visit? Somewhere you can get a hotel room and just exist for a few days? Unless you want to make an itinerary...I've always enjoyed those kinds of trips where you can just get out and discover fun stuff and walk and get lost and not need a plan...because, once your kiddo's born, you need trips with a PLAN.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

I want this to be low on the planning end of things. I'm a natural planner and get paid to plan stuff. Adam actually told me I'm not allowed to buy a guidebook! Smart man. We may just drive up or down the coast, find a bed and breakfast and read all day long. A weekend of long walks, lazy mornings in bed and evenings spend reading comic books wouldn't be so bad.