leave us behind

With the economy the way it is, my dreams of taking All inclusive family vacations this year have all but fizzled out into humble staycations. You can go on your fun-filled, sun-bathed summer on the Riviera Maya without us because we're staying home and maybe making just a couple of short trips to visit some friends out of town.

But that's all we can afford right now. It's a good lesson too for the kids about financial management and I hope they learn something about budgeting and sacrifices from all this. We will make it up to them later when the economy improves but right now, I think it's better to conserve our money and not overspend, know what I mean?