the squibix family blog

reporting live from vacation

It turns out that going away is hard for me now! Like Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle I found myself coming up with all kinds of reasons why I shouldn't leave home, and despite the boys' excitement I maybe didn't hurry all that I could have this morning. Still, we got out at a very reasonable time, and after a couple delightful adventurous stops we arrived here in Truro a little after lunch, in plenty of time for a long and relaxed vacation afternoon. And while I didn't do everything I had hoped for at home, I did manage a lot of it. One glaring failure was forgetting to pick the strawberries: I kept putting it off as I ran around doing other things, then it slipped my mind before the end. It's disappointing, because they're doing really well and some of them will definitely go bad before we get home again. Is the time on the beach worth it? I'm not sure! As I say, leaving home is feeling hard! Two more days of the trip; we'll see how I do.