Already posted on another thread - but it just might be worthy of a thread all its own...

VACATION TIPS FOR PEOPLE WITH ANXIETY

1. If the online pictures of the house you're renting shows a nice, portable CD player that would be perfect for listening to your relaxation tapes at night, don't trust that the CD player will actually be WORKING!

2. When you go down the alpine slide with your 16 year old son on the slide next to yours, don't race, and don't take your eyes off the track unless you want to be flung from your sled and receive first to second degree burns on your knee, elbow, hands, face, and even your blasted ear!!!!

3. And finally, when you make your reservation for your vacation home, make sure you know the dates of your reservation unless you want to come back one afternoon from a nice day of hiking and shopping to find all your belongings packed (BY STRANGERS!! EVEN YOUR DIRTY UNDIES! ) and laying on the deck because you were supposed to have been out at 11:00 on WEDNESDAY not THURSDAY and the new renters are waiting to get in and it's raining and then you have to go find an overpriced hotel room and haul all your stuff in to see what, if anything, might not have been packed for you.

Anyone else have some vacation tips to share??!!

4) Make sure you bring your laptop so that you can post to the Stress Center BBS at all hours of the day or night. (Sorry honey I can't go to that restaurant, they don't have wi-fi!)