Check Plus, Vacation
So vacation was pretty phenomenal. I can say that it was everything I dreamed of. We flew out of Dulles Saturday morning to arrive just in time for rushed family hello’s and then off to the household of Nilexis to drink copious amounts of beer and watch fireworks. Sunday morning Cyndi and I met up and helped clean up the yard while Nick and Alexis hid in their bedroom (luckily they had drunkenly done the majority of cleaning somewhere in the early a.m.’s). Then I headed to Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire for a week of no stress and lots of swimming. It was pretty damn perfect. Most days we woke up, had cereal, went to the beach until lunchtime, ate lunch, went back to the beach until dinner time, had dinner and played cards, and finally fell asleep from all the sun. We did go to Storyland on Thursday and of course that was everything anyone could want from a vacation trip. But really, it was perfect. I got to see my parents, my brother and sister, the kiddo’s (who are all gigantic), Bob and Shay, my dream house with a fantastic porch overlooking the lake. We played Spades, had a few diving contests, climbed the better part of a mountain, ate at a yacht club and almost passed as members, and met a very dark haired Cinderella. As Bob said, the only way it could have been better is if it was two weeks long.
Cyndi and I both decided that we much prefer vacationing over real life. So, we are in the midst of planning another one. Financially it’s kind of silly of me to do so but she has a week of vacation left she has to use up before October 1 and she can’t just let that go to waste now can she? She found a great looking vacation rental in Virginia Beach .01 miles away from the ocean. The price is right, the no plane ticket idea is pretty good to me, and being close to the ocean sounds perfect. So, vacation #2 here we come!
AND, we even get a mini-vacation in between. Next week Nick and Alexis plan on using up the last of their vacations as well and come get a taste of D.C. Metro area life. It will be very nice having those folks around us here. It’s easy to just get caught up in rushed, boring, road raged life without good friends around.
July 22nd, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 2 Comments
on July 22nd, 2008 at 6:21 am
Check-plus indeed. Much fun and merriment was had by all. And don’t forget KidWonder.
on July 22nd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
i don’t think anyone could ever forget the supreme cuteness of kidwonder.