We're Due
I am ready for warmth! I've been chilled to the bone ALL day today! BRR!
I don't want it like 90 degrees.... but like it was on Sunday is perfect. Comfortable enough to wear a hoodie if I want... and warm enough to wear a t-shirt. Both my husband and I commented how we could just sleep outside that night.
No bugs... gentle wind... it was perfect.
Speaking of that... I’m having a hard time deciding where we should go for our two-week vacation.
We are not bringing anyone but ourselves, which has already proven to be a challenge. I’ll get into that in a bit here...
Justin and I haven’t really been anywhere alone for more than a weekend. We celebrated our anniversary back in 2012 when we went to Rochester and hiked the state park for a weekend. In 2024, we spent a weekend driving to and from Indiana to pick up a semi. And this past August, we went to the UP in Michigan for a few days to grab some more machinery.
So, yeah... I think we’re due.
We’ve spent so much of our lives focused on our children that we considered it a vacation when we went to the grocery store without them. HAHA!
I was talking to one of our kids today and told them I’m having such a hard time because I start thinking about how bad I’ll feel that they aren’t with us when we go do x, y, and z.
She shoots a look at me and rolls her eyes.
“Mom, stop! You and dad just need to go and have fun together! You deserve it!”
And honestly... maybe she’s right.
Maybe that’s part of why this feels harder than it should.
When you’ve spent so much of your life making sure everybody else is included, cared for, thought of, and brought along... it feels strange to plan something that is just for the two of you. Not wrong, just unfamiliar.
And THAT'S where my mind is today.
Just in one of those thoughtful places where you start realizing how much of your life has been spent pouring outward... and how unusual it feels to turn around and make room for something good for yourselves.
Maybe that says something?
Maybe it says we’ve been parents for a long time? Ha ha, ya think? It'll be 31 years this August!
Speaking of that... I’m having a hard time deciding where we should go for our two-week vacation.
We are not bringing anyone but ourselves, which has already proven to be a challenge. I’ll get into that in a bit here...
Justin and I haven’t really been anywhere alone for more than a weekend. We celebrated our anniversary back in 2012 when we went to Rochester and hiked the state park for a weekend. In 2024, we spent a weekend driving to and from Indiana to pick up a semi. And this past August, we went to the UP in Michigan for a few days to grab some more machinery.
So, yeah... I think we’re due.
We’ve spent so much of our lives focused on our children that we considered it a vacation when we went to the grocery store without them. HAHA!
I was talking to one of our kids today and told them I’m having such a hard time because I start thinking about how bad I’ll feel that they aren’t with us when we go do x, y, and z.
She shoots a look at me and rolls her eyes.
“Mom, stop! You and dad just need to go and have fun together! You deserve it!”
And honestly... maybe she’s right.
Maybe that’s part of why this feels harder than it should.
When you’ve spent so much of your life making sure everybody else is included, cared for, thought of, and brought along... it feels strange to plan something that is just for the two of you. Not wrong, just unfamiliar.
And THAT'S where my mind is today.
Just in one of those thoughtful places where you start realizing how much of your life has been spent pouring outward... and how unusual it feels to turn around and make room for something good for yourselves.
Maybe that says something?
Maybe it says we’ve been parents for a long time? Ha ha, ya think? It'll be 31 years this August!
Maybe it says we love our family deeply? That's a given!
Maybe it says it’s been a while since we’ve let ourselves just go? That's also true!
Or maybe it just simply says this...
Justin and I are due.
For time together.
For memories that aren’t attached to work, errands, machinery, responsibilities, or a schedule.
For something longer than a weekend.
For a trip that doesn’t have to carry a purpose other than enjoying the presence of each other.
And maybe, just maybe... it’s okay to let that be enough.
Or maybe it just simply says this...
Justin and I are due.
For time together.
For memories that aren’t attached to work, errands, machinery, responsibilities, or a schedule.
For something longer than a weekend.
For a trip that doesn’t have to carry a purpose other than enjoying the presence of each other.
And maybe, just maybe... it’s okay to let that be enough.
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