Summer Vacation is officially here.
The children have their own destinations this summer and all of them, including their cousins from the husband’s side of the family are going down South to spend summer with the MIL.
Looking at the vacation photos of some of my friends make me melancholic at times because we do not have the luxury to do these things together.
For one, since the kids are away, how can we? Sure, it would be nice to dream about having a luxury apartment in paris, even if only for a few days. Sure it would be nice to walk down the streets of Paris savoring the rich aroma of food wafting from cafes and feeling the cool weather, a good enough excuse to use clothes fit for cooler climates. I can dream for this vacation with the family, can I? Perhaps in the future, when all responsibilities have been settled.
Anyway…
Another thing would be setting aside extra budget which we don’t seem to have a plenty of, especially since we have a college-bound child for the coming school year.
Someone once said that parents need not burden their children about expenses to be incurred with their schooling because as parents, we should have known better and have planned well for these things, whether or not these are still several years from happening.
But how can one do so when there is just enough to cover for immediate needs and not have extra to save for the years to come?
Let us not “judge” and tell other parents what we think is best for their children or what we think they should have done in the first place. Maybe it would help if we try to encourage other parents than try to have them see their shortcomings which I know they are very well aware of.
Ahhh… am straying away from the topic. Even if we could not check in at a luxury hotel in the metro during long weekends, enroll in fun summer activities nor head off to a dream beach destination, we know that having each other and spending time together are enough to make summer vacation fun and enjoyable.