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Horrible start to vacation

We’re on a 14-hour drive to the beach. We split it up — 8 hours the first day, then stopped at a hotel for the night. What. A. Nightmare.Our kids (4 & 2) are normally great sleepers at home. They’re flexible, easygoing kids. So I naively assumed sleeping in a hotel would be fine. We booked a room with two queen beds thinking each parent would take a kid. Easy, right?Wrong. I had the 2-year-old. He thought bedtime was hilarious and spent hours giggling, laughing, and rolling all over me. No sleep for either of us. He kept headbutting me — I’m probably concussed at this point. Then everyone was up at 4:30 AM crying for reasons unknown.Not sure how it went with the 4-year-old and my husband, but judging by everyone's mood... not great.Now we’re about to spend another 6+ hours in the car, absolutely exhausted and sniping at each other because we're so fried.Sometimes, I really fucking hate all of this. #TravelWithKids #VacationDisasters #ParentLife #SendCoffee #Exhausted #Parenting