Wow I’m slumping.  I’ve been on vacation since last Wednesday and haven’t really done a whole lot.  But, as the saying goes, it beats working I suppose.  We originally had a trip planned, but it ended up not being in the cards.  (Or the budget, as the case may be.)  So instead, I spent the last five days “relaxing,” which is code for “laying on the couch watching kung fu movies.”  Good grief, I guess I should be rested if nothing else.  I’ve also considerably expanded my Chinese vocabulary.

I left the house on a few rare occasions.  I made a long overdue trip out to Mom’s on Friday for lunch.  Teagan went with me and got to play ball in the huge back yard, a nice lil’ treat for her.  Had a tasty lunch too;  ham and beans, one of my favorites.  Then Saturday, I spent the whole day up at Martin’s house watching the smoker.  He fired up his cooker and invited everybody over to cook their Thanksgiving birds.  I didn’t take a turkey myself though, just hung out.  I took Teagan up there too, which she thoroughly enjoyed.  Heck I think the dog enjoyed my vacation more than I did.  In another fascinating use of my time off, I drove out to Microcenter on Sunday and picked up a free router they were giving out, then spent the rest of the day trying to get it to work.  (With some success, remarkably.)  And, well, that pretty well covers my five day vacation.  It ain’t over yet though, I’m still off today.  I’m planning to wrap things up big today;  So far I’ve planned to 1) caulk a crack in the stucco and 2) have spaghetti for dinner.  There’s just no slowing me down.

** Edit!!!  I’ve added picking up dog poop in the back yard to this almost impossibly full itinerary.  Considering frying an egg for breakfast but just not sure I can fit it in.