I’m sad to say my picture plan for this summer’s vacay has fallen by the wayside 🙁 I have some blog goals brewing in my heart these days, most of them boiling down to plainly putting in more effort, being a bit more planned and particular, and bettering myself and my work. I am incredibly discouraged this evening, as my plan to take awesome photos and post them each day of our trip isn’t going to happen. We have literally been trying to load photos all day. We were out this morning, and tried to load photos onto the laptop all through lunch and during nap time. We uploaded one successfully. We’ve had the laptop out virtually every moment we were inside with the kids, fussing with it and getting SO annoyed when a picture would load and load and load, only to error at the very end. Its wrecking everything, which I find so disappointing, as my family time and certain writing goals are all taking hits.
So in this case, the blog is being sacrificed, because OBVIOUSLY my family comes first. But I’m bummed. I wish I was more tech savvy and knew how much data it would use up to upload the pictures that way, but I just don’t know. I don’t know how much extra I’d need to buy, and I’m sure many of you know that going over on data usage is not cheap. So, we wait, and hopefully I’ll show you pictures another day.
Trust me when I say, its been a sweet day. The weather is far from perfect, with the biting wind hurting everyone’s ears and making it hard to be outside. Wavy is unsettled almost every time we go outside, and the other kids are going a bit stir crazy inside after all the talk of swimming, playgrounds, and sand castles. But the cinnamon buns are spot on, the neighbours are warm and loving, and throwing rocks into the water always wins. Our kids got a short chance at the playground today, which was a highlight, and they also found a game to play in the courtyard of our complex in a short window of warm sunshine. We brought all kinds of delicious snacks for lunch – muffins, pepperoni sticks, cheeses from Wavy’s party, and special fruit – which is a huge hit. Its ALWAYS a good day when the food is good, right?
Despite me being a Debbie Downer this evening, I’m sure better times are ahead. Today was a hard day of settling in, and I anticipate there are better days on their way as everyone rests up and gets more comfortable. I am truly sorry about the lack of pictures, trust me. For your sake and for mine. How I wish for my blog books to flow nicer, with less talk about the day before and more thorough content, even if it takes more effort. But this is all we can do at the moment without letting it ruin our holiday!
I’m going to give up on my tearful frustration now and snuggle the baby laying ever so sweetly on my chest. This is what family vacays are for.