Monday, July 20, 2009

Things Not To Do On Vacation

1. When you are traveling internationally all by yourself, you should not choose as your in-flight entertainment the movie Taken. But if you do happen to find yourself riveted by the plot and unable to turn off Liam Neeson et.al., and your body proudly hails the fact that you have lived 37 years, borne children, spent too many sleepless nights, lost hair, gained weight and are battling the tiny lines mapping your face, you should spend a few moments being thankful that you are no longer the capricious, energetic, wrinkle-free 20-year-old you used to be.


2. You shouldn't begin a trip on the brink of exhaustion, continue to work within the parameters of two distinctive time zones, suffer dehydration, and then succumb to a not-so-friendly virus. Or allow such a thing to happen to your husband. I'm just saying....