Staycation

To be fair to The Beloved I've just enjoyed a 4 day vacation in Key West - so maybe he should be writing about the idea of a staycation rather than me! However, as a family, we're staycationing this week and next. We talked a lot about this holidaying decision and all the reasons to Staycation listed below lead us to our final choice to choose Home over Away.

Reasons to Staycation:

(1) SLEEP: Most nights Miss O sleeps 11 hours straight. To mess with a winning formal that gives us our evening and a good nights sleep seemed crazy. Also, we both sleep really well in our own bed with our own pillows - sleep is a gift, don't throw it away!

(2) COST: Today we went to an indoor play area in our local rec center which cost $5 for over an hour. We then enjoyed a picnic lunch, a long afternoon nap, a walk and a yummie BBQ in the yard all for minimal cost and we get to enjoy all the benefits from number (1). Happy days indeed.

(3) EASE OF THE FAMILIAR: We're both tired and to have to think about exploring and navigating a new place vs trying new places down the road ... well, with an 18 month old and the prospect of moving house next month looming over us, the less thinking the better, a staycation wins.

(4) LOCAL GEMS: We're fortunate to live in a great location with fantastic museums, parks, great towns, natural wonders, and facilities galore. We often joke that if we happened on our city of Alexandria on vacation we'd be wanting to move there! Staycation allows us to enjoy living in amazing city.

(5) HOME IS HAVEN: It's funny how sometimes rest only comes when we're somewhere different. This staycation has challenged us to find ways to rest, decompress and be refreshed at home.

I'm hopeful that this staycation will not only give us much needed rest in the short term but that it will teach us how to rest well throughout the year in the space that we call home. Happy holidays friends!