Meanwhile, I get frustrated when my family won’t tell me what they want to do during vacations. I’ve spoiled them by making all the arrangements and plans for twenty years. But on a fairly recent trip, I threw a hissy fit because someone asked for the millionth time “So what are we doing today?” Arrrggghh. I yelled and told him that I had shared the schedule with them for months and then on a daily basis once we started the journey so why did I have to keep telling everyone what the plan was? Plus during any free time I hadn’t planned for, they were all paralyzed and wouldn’t decide what they wanted to do! That’s actually totally normal for all of our trips, but I was the one in a snit for some reason that day.
We’re planning a trip in late summer to Ireland and Scotland and I managed to arrange flights for our out of town daughter where we are arriving and departing from Dublin at nearly the same time. So all she had to plan for was her trip to and from her home airport (30 minutes from her apartment). I asked her if she was excited about the trip, and she said yes, but she was worried about the logistics of getting to and from the airport. Arrrggh. She has a live in boyfriend, plenty of friends, boyfriends parents love her, but she doesn’t know how she’s going to get to and from the airport!
I’ve directed all of them to the website that lists excursions that are available in and around Dublin and Edinburgh and told them to give me a list of five at each location that they’d like to do. I can guarantee that none of them have given it a glance. I threatened them that we’d be going on birdwatching tours everyday if I didn’t get any input, lol. I doubt that will spur them into action.
On the bright side, they have all complimented me on my planning abilities, but I just wish I didn’t have to make all the decisions!