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Best way to deal with depression....Plan a trip

The past few weeks have been tough for reasons I won't go into to.  I felt like I was doing everything right but it was all falling apart.  So I booked two trips and we still "have" to book our half marathon trip.  So we booked a weekend for skiing in McCall and then Victoria and I are going to Phoenix in April/May.  Kids voted to give up a trip over Spring Break in order to go skiing.   The trip to Phoenix is so expensive for just a weekend but it is Victoria's birthday present.  I am looking forward to getting away with the family in a few weeks.  Older kids and Lee will ski and the little boys and I will swim and hang out in the condo.  Lee is leaving next weekend for  Friday-Sunday and the weekend will be kind of crazy.  We are helping my mom for several hours on  Saturday although I don't know how much we will be with the little boys. The older kids should be helpful enough though. 


I did make some life changes and I gave up Facebook as well as some other things.  I feel like it was the right choice for now.  We will revisit in a few months.

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