Going on Vacation

It doesn't always seem worth all the trouble, getting ready to go on a trip. It takes twice as long to get ready before and to put all your stuff away after you come home, as the time you were away on "Vacation." We don't go on vacation very often, there's the dogs, the cat, the garden, the pool, the planning, the packing, stopping the mail, stopping the paper, paying all the bills ahead of time. Holy moly, it's exhausting. Of course, I had to arrange for new passports and shop for new clothes. And if I forget one little thing, it's my fault. My husband just has to go. And that's the way it is.
This year we are taking a real vacation, we won't be visiting our kids, or other assorted relatives. In our married life, I can count on one hand the times we've taken a trip just to do something fun for ourselves. We're going to Costa Rica. But I admit, even with all the arrangments to be made, I am getting excited. I'll see a real volcano, a rainforest, a butterfly garden, and many other exotic treats. I'm ready, I bought a 1 GB memory card for my camera. Boy, in the old days, I'd be hauling loads of film in lead bags, extra lenses, a flash, a tripod and of course, extra camera bodies. Now I can tuck that digital camera in my purse and off we go. Our trip is still two weeks off, but I'm ready. I'll post lots of exotic pictures when I get home, if I can figure out how to download the darn things!