In a few weeks, my son has fall break. Seeing as I would have to shell out a bunch of money to put him in camp while I work - and seeing as I have the vacation time - I’m scheduled to be off.
But here’s the catch: we’re taking a trip without daddy.
I took time off during spring break, too, but we stayed close to home. My son has his tonsils out (his sister still went to day care a few days because it’s a month-to-month payment and, well, it was paid for).
But this time around, even with my daughter’s situation, I’m planning a trip to California.
Without my husband.
I have more time off than him, partly because of the structure of each of our companies and partly because I’ve just been here FOREVER.
When my kids where younger and I didn’t work full-time, we took similar trips to So Cal . At the kids’ young ages, daddy’s absence wasn’t so glaring.
But now they’re older and I’m worried about how they’ll respond. And I’m worried about being fair to my husband.
We’re only going for four or five days. The kids are excited about seeing my dad and family. And I have no doubt about taking the trip.
It’s not like my husband will be sitting around. He’ll be quite busy with work and football (he’s a volunteer Pop Warner coach).
I’ll just miss the fact he isn’t there enjoying the beach with us.
But I guess it’ll all even out. During the Christmas holidays, when I don’t have any more time off, he’ll be the one with the kids.
They’ll probably stay home and watch holiday movies.