Stressed about Vacation

We are leaving for a week in Ocean City, NJ on Saturday and this family is not ready. I pride myself on my ability to plan anything, a party, a fund raiser, or a family vacation, but not this year. I don't have any packing done, no meals prepared and frozen, there is no box full of snacks and cereal sitting on the dining room floor. What happened to my list making, my menu planning, my fun schedule????

I know exactly what happened, I worked summer school and it just ended today. It always seems to be such a good idea to work in the summer way back in March, its only 5 hours a day, 4 days a week -- easy breezy. Well, reality check, teaching in a different school than your home school means packing 18 boxes of supplies that we may or may not need, unpacking them and packing them up again. Also, its hot, the school has air conditioning, but we do a lot of outside activities, and it's HOT. I did love seeing the kids during the summer.

Back to my vacation planning, how does this sound:

menu:

triple stuffed shells

bbq chicken and ribs with cornbread

mexician night

thanksgiving dinner (a shore tradition)

buffalo chicken sandwiches

chicken in a hut (a family favorite)

take out

Fun Family Activies:

smoothies / spa night

game night

movie night

board walk

shopping in Stone Harbor

late night at the beach

Ok, so now I have a plan, I still have a lot of work to do, wash, shopping, packing and of course cleaning (don't we all have to leave an imaculate house when we leave for vacation.)

The most important thing I need to do is remember how lucky I am to be going on vacation with my family, we are all together and we are blessed with the means for a fabulous week at the beach. Life is Good>