The Simple Life

My husband is officially on vacation for the week and we're leaving for our favorite local vacation spot.  Whenever I'm there, even though it's only a short drive away, I feel far away from my problems and more at peace than any other time during the year.  This place is nothing fancy, it's a very "rustic" in fact, and when we're there, life just slows down to a crawl. The kids are busy with this or that, giving me a chance to sit back, relax, and watch them enjoy the simple pleasures in life - like toes in the sand, running in the water, building pools and castles, collecting little creatures in buckets and marveling at life; eating hotdogs, ice cream, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, little single-serve boxes of cereal; sitting on the front porch, freshly washed in the outside shower, sweat shirts on, watching the sun set... it just doesn't get any better. I wish I could carry that feeling throughout the rest of the year.