Are you on board with the new plan?, my husband asked me hesitantly.
He knew that I wanted to be the one making the choices and not everyone else, but in the holiday spirit I gave a lukewarm consent.
As we tried to finalize the details one thing or the other fell through, if the hotel booking was confirmed, then the airline tickets were canceled due to bad weather.
After trying for two weeks, my husband and the rest of the family just gave up for the trip was not happening due to one reason or the other.
When I saw everyone pulled down with disappointment because our first-ever trip to the north-most resort wasn’t happening, I came up with a backup plan.
“Let’s all go to the capital and just relax for the week we were planning to go to Skardu, there won’t be any stress as everything can be arranged satisfactorily beforehand”, this being my idea, I was most enthusiastic about the family vacation.
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Written for Six Sentences Story- Board, hosted by Girlie on the edge’s blog- Denise
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Quite interesting indeed. Family vacations are greatly anticipated and are mostly the highlight of the year. Good for unity.
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Thanks Lamittan! This is an edited version of actual events.
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Oh, had to be. Happy still.
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🙏🏼👍🏼
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Sorry about the plans. I did google Skardu and can understand the disappointment.
A beautiful place to visit. 🙂 Maybe next year. 😉
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Perhaps! Thanks Lady.
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🙏🙏🙏
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Thanks Jim
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This is the best way for relaxation and decluttering the stress…
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It sure is! Thanks
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Welcome❤
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😍
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Good to have “Plan B.”
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Definitely. Thanks
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Sometimes the best vacations are unplanned or less planned.. Nicely penned Sadje.
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Thanks a lot Suzette. You’re very right.
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😊
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Interesting challenge sadje😊can you suggest me any challenge?? I would love to try😊
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This a post where a blogger, E M has listed a lot of prompts;
https://emkingston.wordpress.com/2022/02/16/prompts-and-challenges-from-e-m/
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Okk thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome
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Yep, sometimes you just have to substitute 🙂. Great tale Sadje
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Thanks Deb!
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Flexibility and creativity help tremendously in these types of situations. As does patience. 😅 Excellent write, Sadje.
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Yes, being able to adjust is the key.
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Exactly so. Completely agree.
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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I love how you saved the day by choosing to find a local place to spend time 🙂 Great six, Sadje!
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Thanks Amy! Disappointment really spoils the mood so I can up with a plan.
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A great plan 🙂 You’re welcome!
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Thanks
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Yw 🙂
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LOVE it, especially the ending!! 🙂
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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Most welcome, my pleasure.
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💖
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🥰
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resonated with the writer-in-me, have to admit, though, have never been on a family vacation like the one in your Six this week.
Engaging Six!
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Thanks Clark! We try to do it once a year but for two years before that we didn’t go anywhere.
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Always best to have a Plan B! I also looked up Skardu. It looks very beautiful, although possibly a little challenging if you knees aren’t up to par?
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It’s a beautiful resort. Open only half the year as its very cold in winters. There are many beautiful places to visit via a jeep track.
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It reminds me of the Scottish lochs and the English Lake District.
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It’s good to have a backup plan which may turn out better than the original one.
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It was a relaxed one for sure. But nothing like the original one if we’d gone.
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If you can keep your head and make a plan B, there’s usually way.
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Very true my friend
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Hopefully, your family was equally enthusiastic!
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They were because it’s a favorite place to visit.
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Ah well, Sadje. Plan A doesn’t work out, Plan B does. If that doesn’t, there’s always Plan C!
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Exactly so Tom. The point is not to give up.
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That must have been a huge disappointment for everyone, Sadje. Good for you for pulling together an alternative everyone could get on board with. The objective is to get a away as a family for a vacation, even if it’s not quite the one you planned 🙂
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Exactly right Denise! There were so many issues with the original plan that we all were like, it’s not meant to be.
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