April vacation wrap-up
Today's the last day of the kids' April vacation, which started on Monday of last week. We had a pretty quiet one this time around.
A while back we drove down to Florida to spend the week with my in-laws, during an April vacation that coincided with Easter weekend, so we were able to get an early start by leaving the day before Good Friday, which gave us a head start on the long trek southward.
Both my in-laws and my kids asked if we could do it again this year, but our budget is tight, and we could afford neither the plane tickets nor the gas to get down and back, so we told them back in February that we didn't think we were going to get to Florida.
The kids resigned themselves to spending the week around the house, but they had a good time in spite of their restrictions. Emmeline had an overnight with her friend Vicky, James had an overnight with his friend Jamison, and Robert is in the midst of an overnight with his friend Joey as we speak -- and all of them spent an evening with Grandma at a local hotel with a pool and a breakfast buffet, and from what I hear, that also went swimmingly well.
Bonnie and I, meanwhile, are in the midst of a few different onerous responsibilities, and neither of us are feeling very well for totally unrelated reasons. I guess it's best, all things considered, that we'll be back to our usual routine tomorrow. The day is a bit gray and grim outside, and the clouds are threatening rain. Seems like a somber end to this year's April vacation.