The Vacation That Was Never Just Ours

I cut in. “We were just planning to hang by the beach today.”

She blinked. “Oh. But I already booked the museum tour. Non-refundable.”

Of course she had.

Day after day, our simple beach trip turned into a tightly scheduled nightmare. Every moment had to be documented for her Facebook. Every dinner had to be “one the kids will remember forever,” even when they were clearly exhausted and overstimulated.