ROAD TRIPS

I love road trips. However, since the boys have come along things have changed so much. It used to be that I could load up within an hour. All packed, lookin' good, food, money etc. Ready to roll. Now it takes me an entire week to get ready for a 48 hour trip.

This weekend we are going to Lake Don Pedro for a little family & friend getaway. Now that I have two boys I have double the packing. The older Jett gets the more I pack for him. God forbid the boy get bored. I bring books, DVD's, Videos (yep, we still use those), Crayons & paper, clothes, clothes and more clothes. Then there is dear little Owen who barfs like I have never seen before! I need to pack his entire layette plus. Them there is Chris...my DH! I love him he can pack for himself. I do not feel the need to be his mother, at all. Unlike, many other mommy friends that I have who consider their husbands their first child, I do not. Chris is a Big Boy and he can do it himself, as soon as Jett is able to he too, can pack for himself. I believe in making each of us independent and less dependent on mommy. Oh, then there is my packing. As I previously worte Owen is a major barfer...my baby eats then spends the next 1/2 hour barfing it all up on his burp rags, me and anything else that is around. It is sooooo gross! In any event, this all means that I too must pack all the clothes that I own as I change at least 3 times a day.

Whew! Then there is the unpacking when we get home. Which will take me another week to get unpacked, all laundry done and put away.

We are leaving in about 4 hours! Yikes! I better get my hiney (as Jett calls it) in gear and finish my packing.

I love road trips!