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A few weeks ago Mercer (after a lot of convincing) and I decided that we were going to take a vacation at the end of the year. We’ve never been on a real vacation together, and I’ve never been on one, period. Well out of the country at least. So this is a birthday trip for me -slash- little honeymoon, since we never took one after getting married. While I’m seriously excited, I also have terrible anxiety over it.
We decided on Puerto Rico. It was between there and Mexico. The drug ring/war stuff going on down there scared us so we decided not to go there like we were originally planning. Bonuses of going to Puerto Rico are: No passports required, and they are very US friendly, and uses US currency.
Now here is where my multi-faceted anxiety comes in:
- Where to stay? Do we want to stay in the main tourist area, San Juan, or do we want to venture down somewhere else like, Fajardo. We do not want to rent a car while there and heard it’s a good idea to do if you stay in Fajardo. But, we aren’t looking to do much while there, eat, drink, beach, repeat. The main reason I want to stay down there is because I’d like to take a day trip to Flemenco Beach. It’s supposed to be one of the best beaches in the world according to the Discovery Channel. If we stayed in San Juan we most likely would never see Flemenco Beach and would probably end up spending less money.
- Next major anxiety? Leaving My child for 5 days. This is killing me. To the point where I keep contemplating the trip all together. My fears are insane. I’m insane. I fear things like an Tsunami will hit, kill us, MJ has no parents now. Or I fear that something will happen to him and I won’t be able to get an immediate flight out of PR to get back to the states. Last fear, that he will think we’ve abandoned him. =(
- Then I have the added little things like finding a house sitter and some one to take care of the dog for 5 days.
So, I have a lot to figure out and get over. I’m determined not to let my anxiety win. We deserve a vacation, baby free. We will see how it goes. I just need to book our airfare ASAP then I will GO. I’ll have to go.
Really, How can I let myself miss out on this beach?
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7 Responses to “Travel Anxiety”
I married a Puerto Rican and can't wait to go over there. I heard it is absolutely gorgeous. Im so jealous.
I am going on a "girls" only cruise for my little cousin (she is a sister to me) 21st bday cruise and I am going to be away from my son for 4 days. I am supposed to be totally excited about this cruise but instead i am fretting over leaving my son and being on a ship with no way back to him. So I totally understand your anxiety!!!! My cruise is booked and there is no turning back. I am sure I will have a blast. Book your tickets and go. You and Mercer need it
That is great! I know it will be crazy hard to be away for 5 days, but such a good thing for yall. And being in the US, won't that mean access to internet cafes and stuff is cheap? Or wifi? So you can totally keep in touch!
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I was hoping to see a post on how to travel with a child…since I'm going to be taking a little vacation myself in a couple weeks…I'm terrified! But, good for you to be going on a vacation! The hubs and I never got a honeymoon…I'm still waiting!
Oh, I am SO JEALOUS. That looks amazing. Can you find some sort of all-in-one resort near your must-see beach?
This is going to make me sound like a terrible, horrible mother but leaving my kid for a couple days was the BEST thing I could have done. Granted, I left him with my husband so I didn't worry about orphaning him, but not having to worry about a baby for hours and hours and sleeping and feeding just myself and being able to do whatever I wanted was BLISS. And then when I got home I was so thrilled to see him I didn't even mind he was cranky and grumpy and stinky. My mothering was 100000x better. I should have done it months and months ago. GO. HAVE FUN.
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Puerto Rico is amazing. So incredibly beautiful! You will love it.
I know it must be insanely hard to leave but you know you can't let anxiety win. If you start playing the what-if game you'll never *really* live. Bad stuff can happen whether you stay or go. It probably won't though.
MJ will be fine, he will most likely have a blast with whomever you leave him with. Bonus, since kids his age don't have a good sense of time it won't be much different to him than if you left for an evening.
I can't wait to see pictures from your trip. You'll be so glad you went.
Oh wow… that looks so amazing. But, yeah, leaving the kid is hard. I just about had a breakdown leaving mine for 24 hours, but then again, I wasn't on THAT BEACH.
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Don’t think about it too much, just DO IT. You will be so glad you did…
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