Dopember

December should be remained Dopember and only Argentines get it. When my husband wants to go on vacation and have nothing planned to do, he calls it, “estar al dope. “and December between Christmas and New Years and even into January, it feels like a long vacation for everybody. Here in Argentina people take the whole month off because it’s Summer here and kids are out of school. 

                         

We all love going on vacation – Why? Because vacations are our opportunity to throw normal routines out the window and give ourselves permission to venture out and do new things without feeling weighed down by any day-to-day expectations, and without feeling the tremendous guilt of forgoing them. We allow ourselves to ignore the cell phone calls and the emails and focus on the right now.  

On vacations, we give ourselves permission to just have fun.  And we’ve told ourselves it’s okay to enjoy ourselves…by example, calories don’t count on when we are on vacation and time is NOT of the essence. We can relax and not rush anything. No meetings to attend, no emails to get back to ASAP and no phone calls to return. How nice! 

Now it’s time to go back to life, back to reality and back to our diet. 

Con amor,

Vero