My friend Hazel and I decided that we needed to get out of town last year. So we found a [really] little cabin and went there. 3 adults, 2 kids, 1 dog. And it was so great, we did it better this time. 6 days in Lake Geneva. 6 adults, 3 kids, 4 dogs, and a cat.

Adam and I are both introverts, and so is one of our dogs. Our house is often very quiet. We are not used to lots of people. It’s possible we talk to the dogs more than to each other. (Fact check: false.) So going to a house with two other families is not what we’re used to, and it is a wonderful vacation from our lives. There is always something going on. It is loud, fun, rambunctious, and stressful. We love it for a week.

It makes us wonder, should we have had kids?

Yes. And no. I’m sure if we had any kids, we would be overcome with love and wouldn’t be able to imagine life without them.

But I’m just saying–we came home and packed 5 days of sleeping into an afternoon, and it was glorious.