Vacation Photo Week Recap!

Hello from the other side of vacation! I had so much stress going into the trip about the flights, the lack of planning, about Tokyo DisneySea (haha) but overall the trip was fun and I'm glad we went. Ate a lot of good food - highlights included our omakase dinner in Taipei, wagyu beef skewers at the Tsukiji market, and Glitch coffee in Ginza. Was also happy to still see cherry blossoms! Just walking through the parks made me so happy. Since one of our Tokyo days was at DisneySea, we didn't have too much other free time for Tokyo activities, so I'm glad we just took it easy at the parks. For DisneySea, we lined up at 7:15am we were able to get tickets for Frozen and line up for Tangled (which may have been a mistake, we probably should have just paid for Tangled too). Fantasy Springs was so pretty to walk around in and the decor was so well done! I felt a little bad because I didn't pack a lot of snacks for Junie and the lines were so long that we didn't wait in line for a lot of food, but we did end up eating most of the ice cream options.

And then Taipei ended up being so hot and rainy that we would spend like, thirty minutes outside at a point of interest and then go find food and a mall to hide in. This was honestly a lot of my childhood summers in Taiwan - finding the AC. Junie was a trooper - yes there was fussiness, but truly it was so hot that I don't blame her.

The hardest thing was jet lag and not getting a lot of sleep - I am definitely a much more patient person and parent when I am well rested and well fed - so the first few days were the hardest. I also felt guilty because I read a parenting book on the plane and then immediately felt like a failure because Junie still had tantrums and I couldn't help her. I mean, even right now, back at home, I am feeling guilty because I know Junie's trying to adapt back to being at home and getting over her own jet lag and she needs me... but I just feel grumpy and want to sleep.

Sigh. Just trying my best to be as patient as possible and say sorry when I know I am being mean. And hopefully nap more.