This is the first summer in a long, long time we do not have travel plans. Thank God. Just getting ready for a vacation needs a vacation with all the preparations, planning, packing, traveling, etc. Just thinking about it exhausts me.
Getting away from it all is easier than we think. Just turn off the computer, turn off your cell phone, and unplug your house phone. Make the settings where people *can't* leave messages. If it's important they will write you a letter or call back upon your return. See, it's really interference from other people we are trying to get away from when we go on vacation. Other people can be a tremendous source of stress.
Try taking a two-week "staycation." Go ahead and tell everybody you're going on vacation, which you are, but who ever said that going on vacation involved actual travel? Once your vacation is announced, people who have decency should leave you alone for a couple of weeks. Those who don't are the annoying bastards you really need to get away from. If they continue to attempt to bother you while you're on vacation, ask them what part of 'vacation' they don't understand, and promise them profusely that you'll get back to them on the 12th of never upon your return.
When you're on staycation, sleep in, go out to dinner, read a book, do things that you normally wouldn't do otherwise. You'll be amazed at how refreshed you feel. You'll sense your stress level plummeting.
You may never want to plug anything back in again.... It's peaceful bliss.
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What a nice idea! Sadly my husband even gets work calls when he is on another continent and is supposed to be ALWAYS available!
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