I think I'm more tired now than I was before our vacation

I am so happy to be home. Vacation, I tell you, was once an extremely fun word for me. Now it almost seems like more work than anything. Two small children make everything difficult....or should I say, "more exciting." So much packing just get there (can't forget the walker, we need swimmers as well as diapers, blah blah), coupled with tons of unpacking and laundry when you come home. Not to mention, when are you supposed to relax if you're sharing a room (and bed) with the two little people that you so desperatly can't wait to put to sleep just so you can have some 'no children' time? Plus, it was the oddest thing, our hotel room. It was actually humid INSIDE. And we stayed at a Radisson, not a motel or something cheap (although we did get it for pretty cheap.....Priceline-LOVE it). But everything was just moist, for lack of a better word. Including our sheets on the bed, so it was just gross feeling. Definitly loving our nice, dry bed tonight. Hard to imagine my college years, spent going from cheap hotel to cheap hotel, sometimes sleeping in cars on vacations. Of course back then it didn't matter where you stayed, because a hotel was a place that you dropped your bag at, only returning in the wee hours of the morning. You didn't care about getting the king size bed; you'd be content to sleep on the floor (hey, the more people there, the more money you can save for beer). Remember actually sleeping in? A wake up call being the phone ringing, not hearing your two year old jingle the room phone (oh I said jingle), and realizing that he has amazingly found a small slit large enough to insert all your left over change that you left on the table. Uh, stupid mommy, here I thought unplugging the phone was all the baby proofing that I needed to do. :)

things that I am grateful for today: getting home safely, kids going to sleep easily tonight, my bed (did I mention it was dry????), being able to watch my recorded shows on the dvr, my son asking me to cuddle with him at bedtime