I want a holiday

I'd love a holiday. We're hoping to get one in September as friends are getting married in Italy, where we were planning to go anyway. Though continuing shit from the husband's job makes things look grim.

Our friends are keeping it low key, a church ceremony, followed by champagne in the Church garden, then a bus to their villa where we'll have buffet food. How laid back and lovely, I am utterly charmed by this idea.

My fantasy holiday would then be to have a villa of our own for a week, with a swimming pool, where we can sit in the warm sun and relax and mess around, but not feel under any pressure to do anything - find a few nice restaurants and cafés, ideally spend some time at the beach, feed the baby in the sun and chill. And obviously, eat gelato at every opportunity.

But I hate the hassle of trying to book holidays, I can't seem to find anywhere online, then there's the hassle of liaising flights and rental times, all the added extra cash, of which we have NONE anyway, so it's all a moot point.

Still, some time in the good weather with nice food and friendly people is really what we need - we haven't been away since last May. I know that this one of the things you sacrifice if you stay at home more/don't work every hour there is, but it's tough sometimes, not to yearn for it!