WE JUST GOT BACK FROM BUSCH GARDENS IN VIRGINIA. WE WENT WITH CHRIS' MOM, SISTER, BROTHER IN LAW, AND NEWPHEW. IT WAS A BLAST! I HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO VIRGINIA AND FROM WHAT I SAW IT WAS LOVELY. WE ONLY WENT FOR A FEW DAYS BUT IT WAS JUST ENOUGH. WE HAD FUN DOING THE RIDES, WALKING AROUND, HAVING DINNERS OUT, (WHICH I LOVED NOT HAVING TO COOK) AND JUST HANGING OUT. I REALLY ENJOYED THE DIFFERNT COUNTRIES ALSO. I MADE SURE I TOOK PLENTY OF PICTURES TO CAPTURE THE MEMORIES. OFCOURSE, AS ALWAYS WITH ANY VACATION WITH KIDS, THERE WERE TIMES THAT WERE AGGRAVATING BUT OVERALL IT WAS GREAT. I THINK WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST WAS THE YANKEE CANDLE STORE. WE WENT IN THERE JUST BY CHANCE AFTER HAVING DINNER AT THE OLIVE GARDEN SINCE THEY WERE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. IT WAS MASSIVE! IT WAS WALKING INTO ANOTHER WORLD! I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A STORE BUT IT WAS LIKE A MALL. IT OFCOURSE HAD A CANDLE SHOP BUT IT ALSO HAD A HOUSE GOODS SHOP, FOOD PLACES, A CHRISTMAS SHOP, AND SO ON. IT WAS DECORATED SO BEAUTIFULLY AND EVEN THE CEILING WAS PAINTED LIKE THE SKY. I TOOK PICTURES BUT THEY JUST WON'T MEASURE UP. YOU HAVE TO BE IN THERE. I WAS A GOOD GIRL AND HELD MYSELF BACK FROM BUYING EVERYTHING. I WALKED OUT OF THERE WITH NOTHING. I REALLY SHOULD OF ATLEAST HAVE GOTTEN A CANDLE BUT OH WELL. ONLY ERIC GOT SOMETHING IN THE TOY SHOP.
IT WAS A MUCH NEEDED VACATION. YOU NEED TO ESCAPE REALITY FOR A BIT NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. SOMETIMES LIFE AND YOUR DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES CAN ENGULF YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT. THIS IS BECAUSE WE GET INTO A RHYTHM OF GOING THROUGH OUR DAILY ROUTINE. BUT IT WEARS YOU DOWN EVEN IF YOU DON'T NOTICE IT. SO THAT ESCAPE IS NEEDED. IT'S LIKE A RECHARGE FOR YOUR BODY AND MIND. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE YOUR OWN WORLD YOU GET A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS. THESE THINGS CAN BE YOUR LIFE, JOB, FAMILY, OR EVEN JUST THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE. IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK. EVERYONE NEEDS A VACA. JUST WISH IT NEVER HAD TO END! :)
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