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DECEMBER Sunday The worst part of having someone tell you about their vacation is trying to pretend you're HAPPY for them. Because no one wants to hear about all the fun they DIDN'T have. The only vacations I want to hear about are the ones where things went WRONG. That way, I don't feel bad for missing out.

Well, my family just got back from vacation, and believe me, if I could've stayed home, I WOULDVE. But I didn't have a choice. A few weeks ago, this vacation wasn't even supposed to HAPPEN. We were just having a normal December, and I was really looking forward to Christmas. But Mom and Dad were getting all stressed out about everything we had to do to get ready for the holidays. We were WAY behind on decorating the house, and nothing was going the way it was supposed to.

I'm sure we could've gotten our act together in time for Christmas. But one night an ad came on TV that TOTALLY turned our holidays upside down. Escape to luxury. Escape to paradise. The commercial was for this place called Isla de Corales, which is where Mom and Dad went for their honeymoon. And the reason I know that is because every time an ad for that place comes on TV, the two of them get all kissy-faced.

It makes me uncomfortable thinking about Mom and Dad before they had us kids. And I wouldn't HAVE to if Mom didn't break out their honeymoon album every year on their anniversary. The night after that ad came on, Mom and Dad made an announcement. They said that THIS year, we were gonna SKIP Christmas and all go to Isla de Corales instead. When I asked how we were gonna get our gifts to the resort, Mom said the trip WAS our gift.

I thought that sounded like a TERRIBLE idea, and I was surprised Dad was on board with it. He usually doesn't like to spend a lot of money, and I was sure this resort was gonna cost a FORTUNE. But he said he was sick of the cold weather, and he wanted to escape to someplace warm. Personally, I don't have a problem with cold weather. In fact, generally speaking, the worse it is outside, the happier I am.