With the frustrations I've been experiencing this past week with work and my coworkers...it's kinda no surprise that it carried over into my vacation just a tiny bit.
And really the frustrations just stem from little miscommunications.
Where plans are talked about and one person thinks the details are one way and another thinks the details are another way and plans get messed up a bit because no one was on the same page like we thought we were.
Like due to the stress of work I'd given myself permission to just...sleep in.
There was no set timeline to meet in Moab for our Family Vacation today so I gave myself permission to just rest my body and wake up when I woke up and I would get down to the city when I got down there to meet up with everyone.
Which meant that I actually didn't wake up until nearly 10 and didn't really end up leaving until closer to Noon because getting up and moving and packing took a bit longer than I had planned.
As I'd originally thought I'd be leaving around 9 or 10...but I was more tired than I realized because I slept in so long.
Still not a big deal. One of my siblings wasn't leaving until 11ish anyways either so it wasn't like I was that far behind....and I was still going to be early as it turns out they were leaving later than expected too closer to 1 instead.
So I figured it would be a nice mellow drive down and I could meet up with family that was already there and chill and enjoy the time while waiting for everyone else.
Only to be told like halfway down that the original plan was to meet at 2pm so we could have lunch at my Daddoo's favorite place.
And I was like ??? since WHEN?
Because I knew that we were going to eat at the favorite place when everyone met up.
But did not recall there ever being a TIME connected to it. It was more of a nebulous "We'll eat there once everyone gets here."
Plus like I wouldn't be getting down there until AFTER 2 because I had no idea I'd need to be down there by that time.
So plans had to be adjusted to account for everyone's expected arrival.
But it just left me feeling wrong footed and frustrated because like....I try to be on time to things and with the frustrations of plans not going to plan this past few days at work to already have our Moab Trip plans going off the rails was even more frustrating. I just wanted to have a good time and relax with family.
Like I knew things weren't going to go fully to plan. We have multiple families with kids meeting together with various different needs so most of our plans were vague anyway. But still. It's stressful to realize you've thrown off someone's plan. Especially when it's like there was no communication that THAT WAS the plan.
Like I said. We got it figured out. Switched things around and such.
But it was frustrating. And not at all how I wanted to start this vacation.
Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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