None of the above. I’m usually feeling pretty great if I can get the five of us packed up and out of the house in time to catch the flight. Seriously, there is so much to do before a trip—get the dogs squared away, cleaning, laundry, bill payment, call dd’s school absences in if necessary (usually I forget), and on and on. Self care usually begins with a coffee in the departure lounge. Once I get to my destination, I shave my legs!
I deep clean the house. It's self care because when we return home, the house is wonderfully clean and it's one less thing I have to do, so it extends the vacation.
I know someone who always gets her nails done before a trip with Disney themes, and it’s really neat.
I always get my hair highlighted and cut a week before.
I usually get my nails done too at my favorite nail place, but this trip—we left last Tuesday for our wedding in Orlando and I decided to get my nails done at our highly rated resort spa Wednesday morning before my Wednesday night/Thursday Disney bachelorette. They absolutely butchered my nails—horrible breakage and gel that chipped within two days. They did send a tech up to fix them the morning of my wedding but they were still in rough shape. HUGE mistake on my part!!
Lose 5lbs.
But sometimes a good waxing or shave can take care of that.