My Week Off

July 2005

Since we had the girls for two weeks straight when we went to NY, their mom took them for a whole week in July. So, what to do with my week off? i didn't want to stick around here. Living where you work makes you feel like you work on your days off ( and much of the time you do). So, get away! but to where?....

Firstly, Laura Robinson and her family came down for a conference that her father was involved in. So she was here for the first weekend of my holiday. What a wonderful visit! It was so wonderful to have someone i love come to where i live. (you were great too Darb, but too short a visit) We did all the girly things we used to do, only we were missing Joelene (sniff). I now have some amazing pictures of the two of us dressed up for our nights on the town. I even have some cute pictures of us with some giraffes in downtown Miami. I wish i could tell you a back story there, but they really just appeared all of a sudden. We had many an adventure including an old drunken man who insisted that he stay because he thought i was intriguing. mostly because i kept smart mouthing him and refusing to tell him anything true about myself. i answered every one of his questions with an outrageous answer...for example my ten children. and then this cute guy who had been laughing at our conversation came up behind me and told the guy that he was my husband. it was well played and we hung out with that guy, Casey, for the rest of the night. He was a great dancer and a really nice guy. And he lives in hawaii. you can't have too many friends that live in hawaii.
It was sad to say goodbye to her on sunday night. i cried like a little baby.

On monday morning i flew to Ohio. Ohio? why Ohio? yes, those of you who listened when i talked last summer know that i went to visit the object of my midnight roadtrip from last August....Medic Mike. He's at Kent university now. I spent the rest of the week with him and meeting all his school friends. We had a blast. Of course they are the going out, univeristy party crowd. They asked me to stay there, cause i'm "cool". I said i can't cause i have to work at which point Ryan, a fraternity member said that he thought his brothers and he could use a nanny in the frat house. hmmmm. i suppose it wouldn't be a great idea.

Being there brought my head back to where it should be about the job that i have. I had been feeling sorry for myself over different minor issues to do with my job in the few weeks before. While i was there Mike's friends were asking me about my job and it comes off sounding so ideal. It made me realize that i need to stop expecting perfection all the time. take the good with the bad. I have a pretty unique and ideal situation. more fortunate than most people. so, i like to think i came back with a renewed attitude! A little introspection never hurt anyone.