Let me just say right up front: I didn’t really want to go on this trip. It was nice and all. A really nice hotel, nice reading time, etc. But we went, the kids had fun, I read. And read. And read. I read more than eight books in five days. I read the paper. I read the hotel information booklet. (More than once.) I read and read and read.
I could have written, but somehow sitting in the sun and ordering smoothies (for the kids) just didn’t work with the writing. I don’t need to have utter quiet, and I can work with interruptions, but I do need some comfort — shade. A place to sit that doesn’t hurt. That sort of thing. I did some writing, but not a lot. And hey, it was a vacation sort of thing. Just one that went on a little too long. Five days in a hotel room? Not my thing. But whatever.
Now I’m home and up to my eyes in laundry, promised to take the kids to the lake (where I will also sit in the sun on an uncomfortable chair and try to write.) I made a goal of ten pages a day on this book. It’s nearly noon and I’ve done nothing but supervise the shed delivery, clean the dishwasher, and do laundry. No writing. Oh, this entry, yes. Doesn’t count toward the goal.
In short, my vacation made me cranky.
But here are some highlights:
Yeah. Makes you want to dive right in, huh?
Good thing there was this:
And we crabbed using a homemade crab bait thing:
which was made from my leftover lunch:
And we went in the pool…
And saw the street I want to live on:
That man I live with claims I always cut off his face in pictures because I’m too short. HAHA! Yeah…that’s it. (Really, it’s because I don’t like to show my family in photos on the ‘net.)
In other news, the GIANT SHED was delivered today and makes me think of my favorite word today: HARROWING. Watching the shed being delivered was harrowing. Indeed!
Now I’m off to do more laundry, etc. and get packed up to go to the lake.
Thank god I’m home!
M
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