Just a little blue...

It's funny, years ago my spouse and I were talking to a friend and she mentioned how she had just returned from vacation - by herself. We thought it was so odd. She is married with two kids and in our minds, back then, before kids, we were like - who would go on vacation without their family or at least their spouse?

Flash forward to 2008 - here we are, three kids under four years of age and we're finally in the know - you know, the KNOW - as in, you don't KNOW something until you experience it. So, this is the KNOW - getting away for a relaxing vacation with young kiddos is hard. And getting away without them is virtually impossible unless you're Brad and Angelina and have a dozen nannies and an airplane at your disposal. Rock on - how cool would that be? Hold on, let's take a moment of silence to pretend and daydream....ahhhh......it's lookin nice, isn't it? :)

Okay, so this is why I'm Just a Little Blue...my spouse is on vacation - without me. Yep, we are our friend. We get it. The last time we got away together it took three shifts of different people to cover different days....and it was nuts. I worried the whole time. And the last time we took the whole family somewhere....welllllllllll, let's just say it wasn't exactly the definition of a vacation. I'm thinkin - give the kiddos another year or so and then we can talk fun vacation but as it was, it was more a labor of love with the emphasis being on labor.

But in the spirit of vacation and wishing my spouse the best time ever, here is a pic from that family vacation we did take a few years ago....

Happy Friday everyone!