The week after the swim meet was our spring break. Rather than head back home, I arranged a few visits with friends, so we were able to spend a few more days in Florida basically for free. We left St. Petersburg on Monday and headed a little bit further south to see my aunt — […]
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The Road Trip, Part II
(If you missed the Road Trip, Part I, you can read that here) After three days in the car and over 1230 miles of traveling, we were happy to get to our hotel. We stayed in a Homewood Suites about 10 miles from the North Shore Aquatic Center where the swim meet was. Originally […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
Road Trip Statistics, Part 1
On Thursday I embarked on a road trip by myself to Hershey, Pennsylvania with Number 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. It may be the most challenging thing I’ve ever attempted to do in my entire life. And since I’m not sure if I’ll live to see tomorrow, here is a quick recap of […]
Road Trip Hacks — First Aid/Medicine Kit
Today I’m heading out on a road trip with (most of) the kids, and it’s my first solo road trip with them. I’m not gonna lie. I’m a little bit nervous. Not for the car ride, really. I mean, yes, since we couldn’t even make it 2 miles down the road the other day before […]
Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.
One year ago today I was in such a terrible financial situation that a bunch of friends started a GoFundMe campaign to help my family. Exactly one year ago today. It was the end of a really shitty three year downward spiral where we were hit with one unlucky blow after another. And this time last […]