134. 7 things that finally made family vacation feel like actual rest

All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting · Mar 31, 2026 · 20m · transcript

We just got back from two and a half weeks in Florida, and I'm recording this while it's still fresh — cold from the plane and all. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at what actually made this family vacation feel like rest: the prep hacks that kept Scotty and me from arriving at the airport annoyed at each other, the Instacart move that meant zero store runs for 10 days, and the alternating mornings method that gave us each seven solo mornings over the trip. Tune in, and have a family vacation that you don’t need a vacation from.

In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Intro

(01:09) The…