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The worst thing about coming home from vacation is the jet lag.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is going back to work.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is the suitcases full of dirty laundry.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is the eleven thousand emails and bills and voice mails that need to be sorted.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is the empty cupboards and the empty refrigerator and the empty gas tank and the empty wallets.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is the fact that you didn't put the air conditioners in the windows before you left and it was 90 degrees while you were away.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is the anger at the airline for royally borking things and the frustration of begging for refunds and the sadness of being so close to the ocean and In-N-Out and never visiting either.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home from vacation is sitting next to your four-year-old on the airplane while she chatters on and on about what a great time she had and all the new friends she made while she waves goodbye to Mickey Mouse and says, over and over again, that she will see him again soon.

Or maybe the worst thing about coming home vacation is ... coming home from vacation.