Dropped Ari off at the airport this morning before heading to daycare and work. If only I’d realized my vacation situation earlier. I would have flown with Ari and just come back early. Instead, I will be spending my birthday (Thursday) waking up at 3am and flying with Simeon cross-country to DC without the help of my husband.
To be honest, I’m not nervous about flying with Simeon. He’s generally a good kid. He’ll watch his Wonder Pets and Animusic and be just fine. He might pull out some of my hair. And he will probably get upset when I have to turn off the DVD player for landing, but otherwise I don’t expect too many problems.
It’s the preparation that has me worried.
The biggest thing is getting to the airport. I’ve asked my mother-in-law to give me a wake up call. Not only is she already up by then (6am eastern time), but I figure she has good reason to make sure I don’t…er…Simeon doesn’t miss the flight.
Other than that it’s just making sure everything else gets packed…without staying up all night Wednesday. I sent most of my clothes with Ari. So it’s pretty much just Simeon’s stuff that’s needs to get packed. I plan to get that done tonite – earliest I’ve EVER packed for a vacation. If all goes well, I hope to only have to navigate the airport with one small suitcase, a big backpack (carryon/diaperbag in one), a stroller and a toddler.
Although…
I have to stop by Target to pick up a couple things. Maybe I’ll see if they have a small backpack Simeon-size. I can put in his toys and possibly snacks (if that doesn’t make it too heavy) and everything else should easily fit in my bag. A present for the trip and he can feel like a big boy with a backpack just like mommy and daddy use.
But wait…there’s more!
Simeon’s birthday is coming up. I have finally resigned myself to having his kids party at the house. Not that I really want to. The idea of a bunch of 2 year olds running around my house kinda scares me. However, I can’t count on weather to host it at a park shelter, I don’t think a restaurant would work well for his age, and all the places I’ve contacted/researched cost minimum of $150 (and once you add on food, goodybags, and paper products you’re up to about $100 for every year of his life!)
The part stressing me out right now is that the party for the kids is just over 2 weeks away and I need to get invitations out. In fact, I need to get them to the daycare tomorrow before I go out of town.
So in order:
1. First stress about invitations
2. Then stress about getting ready and to the airport on time
3. Finally, I can focus my stress on a party theme and what I can do to help protect Tegan, Magpie (potentially a second cat joining our household), and of course, my house, from a gang of 2 year olds bent on running around and being toddlers.
*Sigh* Oh, I can’t wait until October 15. Party is over and I’m on a week’s vacation from work while my family is in town.
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