London Day 1 : National Science Museum + Meeting our Corgi Cousin
Sorry to post that last one many days late. I was sure that had been published but I guess the wifi at SFO wasn’t that great. Or my WordPress app crapped out of...
Author: noemikjames
We made it!
Our flight was fine. The kids did great and I managed myself. Everyone’s TVs worked and we hunkered down for the long haul. My husband slept a fair amount. My d...
No better way to spend a day
Rafting yesterday was super fun. I was so preoccupied with this trip being between two other trips, I ultimately decided to go because I haven’t seen these coll...
Trip recap (plus upcoming trips)
We will be doing a lot of traveling this summer, so I want to revisit what we did well, and not so well, on the last trip. WHAT WE DID WELL We definitely packed...
In search of coping mechanisms
Today was a bad day. Not necessarily for me, but for people I care about. So naturally, I felt really bad for them. And again I was reminded that when I’m...
Summer Travel Intermission
We got back from St. Louis late Saturday night. We leave for London next Monday evening. This week is our summer travel intermission. Then it’s go, go go ...
Tail End of Trip #1
We’re coming up on the end of our first trip of the summer. We have three more nights and 2.5 more days in St. Louis. The farm was incredible and I want to writ...
Fireworks
It’s been an amazing weekend and tonight was the finale. I can’t believe we leave the farm tomorrow. I’m sad it’s over, but I’m so thankful for the wonderful me...
Meramec Caverns
My husband arrived Thursday night and he’s leaving Tuesday, so yesterday was his only full day in the St. Louis area. He’s been to St. Louis many times and done...
All the ways COVID can mess up a vacation
I’ve been less stressed out about COVID messing up our summer since we got it in mid-May (though BA.4 and BA.5’s dominance has chipped away at my confidence rec...