Summertime!

I have 71 days of summer vacation from work!! I am very blessed, it is true. But it seems 33 of those days have already gone. And the question is Where? It's true I spent 3 days camping at the beach, a week long road trip with Sarah and kids to Boise, had amazing house guests from Tennessee for a week--such a fun time!!

So, now that I have actually counted it all out (that is of course, including weekend days!), I will start tomorrow taking some positive action. There are now 38 days left of my summer vacation. That's positive, right? Starting Friday, I will spend the better part of 16 days in the car on a road trip. We will be trout fishing in Colorado, looking at retirement property, going to Lonnie's high school reunion, visiting family and friends in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. And doing a lot of driving. It's a good thing, right?--no tv, unwanted phone calls, and I'm really looking forward to it! I've got my music lined up, my snack list prepared, our stops planned, and I'm mostly packed. That leaves 22 days. Later in August, my sister and I will be flying to Kansas (again?) for "her" vacation. (8 more days gone)

Now I'm down to 14 days!! No, not enough! I can't get everything in that I want to do! I want to go to the beach, clean out all my closets, go to lunch with numerous friends, play with my grandkids, read at least 10 more books, have a few BBQs at my house, and do a lot more relaxing! I haven't seen any of the new summer movies--Toy Story 3, etc. All I can say is, I'm going to very busy spending up these 14 days!! I don't see much sleep in the near future!! It's worth it--I love my summer!!