every March for as long as i've lived up north, i take as much time as i can to go home to Florida and just chill with my family ... i am lucky enough to have 4 generations in my family with my beautiful 90-year-old maternal grandmother at the top of the family tree. and this year the addition of my adorable new niece, now 6 months old, made it especially fun. As an added bonus, March is always a great time to get out of New England - Florida gives me the light therapy recharge that i need to make it through the rest of the brown cold days until that long-awaited spring finally arrives in Massachusetts (April showers and May flowers is the truth up here - it's a long homestretch!).
so this year's trip, along with all of March, is now history. as always, it was a great trip - but this year we had huge swings in morale along the way: from the lowest lows (a vicious stomach flu for my daughter) to the highest highs (like that adorable baby niece) ... and did i mention that we drove this year? like in a car. i admit it's tough to make a 3,000 mile road trip with kids fit into 13 days, and this year's complications (the flu, the flat tire, ugh) were no help. but ... in spite of it all, my 2 wonderful daughters and i emerged as jedi road warriors. it helped that we've already logged thousands of miles together - we love the adventure of the open road, we love the time spent together (playing road games or giggling over funny stories), and we love to take time to stop in to see old friends in various places along the way ... and that makes all the difference. so in spite of it all, it was another great March for us lucky ladybugs!
the only price to pay for taking half the month the off is that the bills, the phone calls, and the emails don't stop - getting back to reality always seems so unfair!
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