Welcome Back To Work

Like most of you, I am recovering from my 3-day weekend by going right back to work.  I have a lot on my plate today: meetings & meeting minutes, schedule new meetings, action logs, a project plan review, and even doctor’s appointment.  This is why I decided to find an article of use to you and point you there. 

I didn’t find a good one for you, so I apologize. 

Most of the articles I found about returning to work after a long weekend/holiday/vacation were the usual drivel: get back on a sleep schedule (one person suggested taking drugs to accomplish this), check email BEFORE you head back into the office, mentally prepare yourself (really?), etc..  After taking 10 precious minutes out of my perfectly, overly-busy day, I decided to give up.  You don’t need crap like this. 

Welcome back to work.

SoCal, here we come! Hopefully.

As some of you have heard by now, we’re planning a trip to SoCal for Spring Break this year.  We haven’t seen our family there in AGES.  In fact, the grandparents haven’t even met X yet, and he’s 18 months old.  Yes, we are overdue for a visit!

As we have eagerly been anticipating this trip, we started to make a list of all the things we wanted to do/see/show the children while we’re there.  My hubby and I grew up in SoCal.  We know the ins and outs (speaking of which, we’ll DEFINITELY be eating a meal at In-N-Out), and we know we can enjoy some time at the beach without spending too much money.  However, we do have a limited budget.  So, we had to cut out the crap from our activity wishlist.  We won’t be going to San Diego.  We’re trying to see which relatives will let us crash a night or two at their place so we can whittle down the hotel expenses.  

I think what we’re learning is that we need to figure out what we want most out of this trip.  We want to see our families, AND we want to go to Disneyland.  All that other stuff… whale watching, Queen Mary, etc, can be done later.  Now, I’m not suggesting that everyone should cut stuff from their vacation itinerary.  I’m saying we had to for the sake of our budget.  LOL  

ON that note, does anyone have any cheap suggested for activities in SoCal?