Gimme A Break

I was supposed to meet up with my girl friend for coffee before she goes home to Scotland for her vacation. Since she doesn’t work and doesn’t have any kids, you’d expect her schedule to be much more flexible than mine.

She leads the most enviable social life of a jet-setting expatriate wife. She flies to Australia just to watch a tennis tournament.

She plays hostess and tour guide to friends dropping in from every corner of the globe. She has lunches and social events lined up for weeks.

While I run around town in my minivan, she trots the planet on planes, trains and cruise ships. What a sweet life!

Enough said. I’ll just go to my corner and sulk .

• Disney on water
• fake-’em friends
• a life I can only dream about
• runaround parenting
• best seats in the house

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