That is the view from my room. I may never go home. Kylie and I left town yesterday and headed for our favorite tourist-y town, Myrtle Beach, SC. It was a four hour drive, and we only stopped once, a new record for us. We both get a little antsy in the car. Even a standard trip across town at home can result in two or three rest breaks. We are apparently easily distracted by shiny things on the side of the road.
In the car, Kylie made a list of things that we plan to do while here. I booked a room at a resort with three restaurants and over 20 water features. I'm talking two water slides, six pools, four hot tubs, three lazy rivers, etc. etc. I wasn't expecting the slides to be open because it is off season, and their operation is weather dependent; however, it is 70 degrees and they are functioning. Yay. While we will be spending the majority of our time less than 50 feet from our room on lounge chairs, we also have other plans. Please refer to the list:
Do not assume that the last item on the list implies that I do not love Kylie on a regular basis. I think it is a direct reflection that my sweet daughter has been struggling through a rough patch lately and that she is as much in need of this vacation as I am.
Last (but not least), I found this beautiful artwork in the notebook that Kylie was doodling in after I passed out from the ginormous Long Island Iced Tea that I had with dinner last night. If anything has ever made me happier that I recently decided to return to my natural brunette hair color, it's this:
The best part of the trip is that I get limited cell service in my room, which means that I can force myself to take a break from the BlackBerry and everything that reminds me of my day to day life. Maybe I'll throw it into the ocean before we leave.
5 comments:
Not jealous at all. Nope. Rather be here at work looking out the window at the dull grey sky.
somehow i missed this when it came out a couple days ago.
does her list include the line "having fur on the beach"? because i know in some of your past beach vacations, that might have been a pretty good solution for how to hang out on the beach without being freezing.
and hahaha about the roots! at least she didn't draw in any zits for you. that seems to be the current bane of my existence & brooke likes to point them often.
She is so funny! Talented, smart, and funny!
Hope you have a blast!
Writing that she gets lots of love is way better than if she'd written Kylie get lots of toys and chocolate, and anything she wants.
And that pic where she wrote: roots...sounds like she drew me.
Have a great vacay!
Love the last pic!
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