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Vacations in Stages

Friday, January 20 2006
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Kathy Murdock

Vacations Pre-Working Mother

Must-Pack Items:
1. Bikini
2. Razor
3. Cute clothes
4. Heels
5. Aspirin

Must-Schedule Activities:
1. Nothing

Vacations Post-Working Mother

Must-Pack Items:
1. (For Baby) Toys, books, games, musical CDs, several sets of clothes, stuffed animals, stroller, car seat, blankie, pacifiers, bottles, diapers, wipes, medicine, nose plunger, thermometer
2. (For Mom) Clothes that don´t stain or wrinkle, tennis shoes
3. (For Work) Laptop, cell phone, calendar, important files

Must-Schedule Activities:
1. Everything that you normally do at home on little or no sleep, plus: tour the city, stop at all attractions, take a lot of pictures, change a lot of clothes, check out a new ER, worry about potential hazards (sunburn, dehydration, allergens), conduct business over the phone with a three hour time difference while racing down the interstate to visit spouse´s family, survive a cramped, five hour flight in which your child kicks the seat in front of her repeatedly while singing the ABC song at the top of her lungs over and over and over and over and over again.


And how was your holiday vacation this year?

Latest Comments

I?m an American of 36 years, married since 10 years ago. I?m in the 7th month of pregnancy. This is our first baby. A year ago, Charles and I decided to take a short vacation, after 4 years of hard treatments and stress, trying to get pregnant. We arrived in Costa Rica, and right away, we went to the Fiesta Premier Hotel, in Guanacaste, in the Northwestern Coast of the tiny country. A fellow worker on mine was there last season, and she recommended the place to us. It has an impressing spa, and it is great all what they offer: aromatherapy, therapeutic massages, and all with natural ingredients. We really enjoyed the place and the service, a true sanctuary of relaxation. Something very amusing happened. The day we arrived, they were celebrating a wedding there. The place was beautifully decorated. The ceremony took place outdoors. It was really different: the smells of the sea and the flowers, the sounds of the waves and of the near jungle were important elements. It?s funny that we are in the video that the hotel was taking for them, because they thought that we were invited! We remembered our own wedding, so we decided this trip was for our second honeymoon. It was a really magic moment! The place, the company... It sounds strange, but soon after that, the doctor we used to visit let us know that I was pregnant! Chance? Maybe, but we are sure that something different we found there helped us too much to make our dream come true. There are many things we?d like to tell about that magic place. We?re not sure what it is, but it?s something that we?d like to share with you.

Comment By: Kirsten Kelly  |  2/7/06 at 12:00 AM Vacations in Stages
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