I've decided not to take the kids to Modesto this summer. It's such a difficult trip to take with myself being the only adult with three kids. The trip is just too long and I tend to go to the ugly place when there is no accountability to keep me in check.
The ugly place, you ask?
Yes, the ugly place. The time and place when traveling alone with three kids becomes too much for all involved. The time when the kids are tired and reach the threshold of togetherness but the road still looms ahead for too many more hours. The place that mama goes to when the kids reach that threshold and turns into an ugly monster and begins to spew forth words of meanness and daggers shoot from her eyes.
That ugly place.
This is why I will not be taking the kids to the land of grandmas and cousins. The kids (and I) don't need me to go to the ugly place. So, we will just hang out here in good ol' So Cal the week before school starts. The pool is just around the corner, so maybe we'll just grab the new torpedoes and a friend or two and spend the rest of summer break there. That's much better than the ugly place any day!
Friday, July 25
The Ugly Place
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I totally understand! I know that ugly place well! I make the journey from South Dakota to Utah by myself with my kids almost every summer. It is a very loooooooooooooooooooong drive and I have found that ugly place several times along the way. This year it was not as bad. I think the kids are finally getting old enough to make it a little easier and/or I am finally learning more patience.
I read the title and totally thought, "I can't believe she's calling Modesto 'the ugly place.'!!" It may be hot there and all...
I think that's a wise choice. Why go on a trip if it's just going to be more work and less fun than staying put and relaxing before the busy school year starts? You are a smart mama.
She is wise, this one.
I'm sorry I couldn't come along to make this trip happen for you. I think 6 months pregnant + 3 kids + hot weather + a long car ride could equal an ugly place of my own. Yikes! Also, it now looks like we may be packing that week since our house offer was just accepted. Yay! I'll keep you posted.
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