Vacation

I was on vacation for eight days and yesterday I went back to work. It was not so bad. Sometimes when we have time off and then go back to work, it seems as though we had no time off at all. Not so with this vacation.

I was very busy through the whole thing. My last day of work, we had everyone over for cake -- sorry pie which is Kyle's preference -- and ice cream to celebrate birthdays. Then Laura had her basket dance ceremony which took up a whole day. I had various things to do around the house which kept me busy on top of that. We also went camping which took up three days. It seems like I didn't stop and when it was all over and I went back to work, I felt rested! It was a very good vacation.

I work now until the beginning of August before I take any more time off. I can only hope that my holidays go as smoothly or that I feel as rested at the end of it, as I did with this last one.

In two more years I'll have five weeks of vacation per year! That will be very nice. But for now, four weeks does me just fine. What I would really like is if I could retire from my job and write full time before I get that fifth week. It is possible. My writing feels different to me right now and I am coming along at a good pace with my novel. I also have a new novel idea brewing which I can't wait to get started on. One project at a time though, to keep my motivation up.