Ah, a four day weekend! A long weekend during which we'd planned to hit the road and visit friends in CT, until of course the friends asked if we could move our visit to another weekend. As a stay-at-home mom, my schedule is fairly flexible. Unfortunately, my husband's vacation days often need to be planned months in advance. So after a little bit of wallowing, we opted to modify our expectations for the long weekend. We opted for a "stay-cation." Using our library's free pass to a nearby nature center, this morning we attended the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (and saved the $36 admission). We saw raptors relaxing in their man-made habitats. Most were permanently injured, and therefore, now in forced retirement from the wild. It was amazing to see these birds up close and to hear some of them calling out (though I'm not sure if they were happy, or irritated by our presence). Even though it was nearing our nap time, we decided to attend the 11 am live animal show. Half-way through it, Mr. Z began to proclaim his desire to go home.
Aren't vacations, even stay-cations, supposed to be relaxing???
Do we get that back at any point? I wonder...
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