Freedom

As of 3:30pm today, I am officially off work until Monday 7/26. Ten wonderful days of not having to hear...that data is wrong, can you get this for me, when can you have this done, can you check that out, can you tell me why, etc. Ah, bliss! Can you tell that I'm really not in a good work frame of mind right now. I don't have a lot of patience for the requests coming in and I'm really tired of the unrealistic expectations where projects are concerned (just got another one today). Hopefully the 10 days will do me good and I'll be ready to face the work world again when they are up. We will be heading to the beach for a week with my parents and my sisters family...it should be interesting to say the least. ;) The week officially starts on Saturday but most of us will head down on Sunday because Kenzie's last softball tournament is Saturday. Alex has a drs appt first thing Monday morning to check out why his shoulders are popping out so he and I will be heading down to the beach Monday after the appt. Hopefully nothing serious is going on with him and that the problem can be corrected with exercises. I have to get my act together and actually start packing for the trip...haven't even begun to do that yet but I took tomorrow off just for that reason so I'm sure I'll be able to get everything done. But for now, I'm heading to the river on a walk with the girls and Adam.

Vacation Time

Whew, it's about time. I was more than ready to get away for a few days...just my mom and I...no kiddies to worry about. Although that's going to be weird because I'm definitely not used to being away from them for any length of time.

It was a foggy morning to take a trip on the ferry but we were able to see a few dolphins playing around in the water. Wasn't about to get any pics of then because of the fog, though, but I did get a foggy pic of the water. Kind of eerie looking.

Before heading to the bed & breakfast, we took a detour to see a lighthouse and a bunker, walked around on the sand a little and looked at their exploration center.

We stayed at a place called the Linda Lee in Cape May, NJ. It was a lovely room which had a private balcony off the back. Bathroom was super tiny, though. And the parking was atrocious...definately can't park a decent size car in their lot.

We spent the days walking around Cape May and eating way too much. We did take one excursion to Atlantic City to go to the Tropicana to watch a magic show and play the slots a little.

All in all, it was a lovely trip and I'd love to be able to go again next year. Maybe my sister will be able to join us next year.