The bus ride today suuuucked. Getting to Santa Marta from Cartagena with the same bus company was great, going back was a nightmare.
I don’t want to relive it as I retell it, but suffice it to say, it was an uncertain, and unpleasant 5 hours.
Now we’re at a different AirBNB in Cartagena. It’s a very cute place inside, but our room is at the front of the apartment, facing a VERY loud and busy street. It’s a Saturday night so I don’t think things are going to quiet down anytime soon. I’m so thankful the kids are in an inside room, which is much quieter, but I don’t know how I’m going to sleep. I haven’t slept well in days.
Tomorrow my husband flies home and we fly to Medellín. I’m really sad he’s leaving, and not a little jealous that he gets to go home. A part of me is sooooo ready to go home.
I revisited the “fun things to do with kids in Medellín posts” I tagged long ago, and it’s helping to get me excited about the last leg of this trip. I keep trying to remind myself of how much fun we had in Bogotá, just the three of us.
But it’s hard, with my husband heading home. I’ve spent some moments this past week thinking about all the obligations waiting for me at home. I start work the Wednesday after I get back. I have to set my my classroom before that, I have to plan and execute the back-to-school BBQ at my daughter’s school, with a much smaller PTA, I have to attend my 20 year high school reunion (that is actually two days after I get back).
I’m writing this, after all those post filled with beautiful pictures of idyllic beaches and reefs, as a reminder that it’s not all blue skies and white sands on a trip, any trip. There can be days when you just want to go home. And that’s okay. I want to put it out there honestly, so all the people who have those kinds of days know that even the people who make it sound like their vacations are amazing have those kinds of days and it’s okay.
Wish me luck tomorrow. I’m REALLY hoping our flight out of Cartagena isn’t cancelled like the one coming in was.
Fingers crossed for more fun bonding time for you and the kids on this last leg! I just got back from our MN trip, and as fun as it was, there were definitely times I missed being in my own bed. OH, and don’t let yourself worry about obligations in the future when you return home – nothing you can do about them right now, so “no solution = no problem.” That’s what I always tell myself! Enjoy the moment!