Rod: "What are we doing tomorrow night?"

Me: "Nothing." (Our nights are very free since all the season finales wrapped up. I know......that's a little sad.)

Rod: "Well, REI is having a class and I thought it might be fun if we went."

Me: "On what?"

Rod: "Backpacking."

Me: (silence....then confusion because my mind doesn't normally process those words) "Backpacking????????"

Rod: "I thought you'd like to go. It sounds really cool. They teach you how to pack your backpack when you camp and stuff like that...."

Me: (uncontrollable laughter)


Rod won't give up on me and I love him for that. He is the ultimate man's man who enjoys outdoor adventures. This is a quality that I find incredibly attractive, but it is not a quality that I naturally possess. I think he secretly wants to live like the Swiss Family Robinson, but he knows that I could never do that. I draw the line at having to dig a hole outside in order to go to the bathroom. Plus, my hair looks so much better if I am able to use a blowdryer.

Once he threw out the idea of renting an RV to go on vacation. I was all up for it until I found out we actually had to sleep in it at night. I thought the RV would just be really comfortable transportation and we would be sleeping in a nice hotel at night. Turns out people sleep in RVs, too.

But now that we live in Colorado, I almost feel like I owe it to him to try camping. He keeps telling me how great it would be. Plus, I read a study that said families that camped together, stayed together.......or something along that line. So, maybe I'll give it a try. After all, two adults and four kids sleeping in a tent the size of our bathroom can't be that bad, can it???