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Her husband goes fishing in Alaska every summer or an entire month.  I love when hes gone. I usually stay at her house and help with the kids. It's so nice having that time with my sister. I always love summer. |
That is wonderful! You guys get to spend quality time together and not have him around influencing anything which is perfect.
I bet she really needs that recharge/break as well, along with the kids! One month, that is the best.
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He leaves June 20. Our Hawaii trip is June 25-July 1. I leave in 18 days!  I'm not ready at all and there is a lot to be done haha.
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I bet! It will be all worth it after all the planning.
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My mom also wants to go to Ireland/Scotland or Sweden at some point. But I told her to hold of on that for a little while. I dont want to spend a lot of money right now. Plus my computer may be on the outs. And its a mac, so they are pretty expensive if I have to buy a new one.
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Ohhh, what a great future trip though.
Oh man, yes, my one niece owns a mac. They are outstanding but like you said, spendy! Where do you get it fixed if you need to go there?
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I already have taken over the majority of the plans. I booked the flights. I booked the hotel. (and paid for everything) I'm gonna most likely be paying for whatever the second thing we decide to do is. She did pay for the ziplining at least and I am making her pay for her own food. But yeah, i paid for everything else really. So I am not paying for the car! We will probably have to take taxis places. Which I hate.
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You are such an amazing sister doing this for her.
She knows it, too.
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And my brother sometimes wnats to help, sometimes doesnt. We havent told him we are going to Hawaii though.... he probably wont be happy with that that we didnt invite him. But well, my brother drives me crazy. I told my sister to tell him "Alexa is taking me to Hawaii for a sister trip" so he doesnt feel too bad.
Me and him did our own sibling trip to Hawaii in nov 2019 so I hope he doesn't mind.
But usually I will housesit for her because he bails or doesnt want to do it, so Im not sure what shes gonna do. Not my problem lol. If it were me I would have had it all sorted out months ago, but she waits until last minute, its insane. She has barely talked to my mom about watching the kids! The plan was to have my mom watch them for 3 days at the beach, then meet her husbands parents in town and they would watch them the remaining 5 days. but she hasnt even sorted all that out or made the arrangements. Again, ridiculous.
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Hopefully your brother will understand! What are the age differences between you three?
Does your sister work and does she just have a difficult time asking for favors? Did your mom consider going with you guys to Hawaii?
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She liked it a lot but her friend Bobby drove her crazy. Apparently she was a bit of a cheapskate and tried to skimp out on paying tips at restuarants and such. She had to get her room becasue she couldnt stand sharing with her since her friend likes its hot and likes to sleep in late and my mom likes to get up early and shes always hot so she wanted the windows open and such.
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Are they still talking now?
Man, yes, I can understand why your mother was bugged by her behavior. You don't go to Europe and not want to spend some money. Why go otherwise?
I would go NUTS in a hot room without it being cool. I do not blame your mom!
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Well, we'll see. My diet has been a failure and I havent lost anymore weight except the 3 ppunds from weeks ago. Im trying to focus on workouts at least to tone up but tried on outfits yesterday and felt so horrible in all of them. Not feeeling confident in my body at all, so I certainly will not be walking around in a bathing suit. If we can find like private ish areas on the beach then I will, but most likely that wont happne cuz im sure itll be crazy busy in june. So yeah.... ill probably just hide away. long skirts/dresses and long shorts/tshirts are likely the least amount of clothing ill feel comforable wearing haha.
I am trying to find some nice breezey clothes though. Planning to shop tomorrwo to look for some cute dresses. And I do have an adorable bathing suit cover I feel confident in at least.
I am trying not to care about that stuff and just have fun with my sister but well, thats just how i am.
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Awe. you are going to have fun and I have a feeling what you look like is not that bad at all, but you are you so being a bit hard on yourself.
But hey, what you are wearing I would wear regardless even with a so called fit body because I don't like suits and such so it all sounds good to me.