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Taking a Short Vacation the 2015 Edition
Jul. 20th, 2015 12:43 pmI have been coming down to St. Augustine for a week’s vacation for probably more than half my life. When I was a kid, we packed up usually in July for a week at a beach house that was owned by our pediatrician that he rented out to his patients parents. Later my parents purchased a timeshare that they have used for over 30 years. Now they have two in the same complex so all the family can come to the beach for the week.
This week Caroline and I are joining them and Peter gets a week to work on various projects with no interruptions.
There is a schedule here that has been the schedule for as long as I can remember.
Get Up
Breakfast
Beach
Pool (which is a little more optional these days)
Shower
Lunch
Afternoon activity and/or nap
Beach
Pool
Shower
Dinner
Bed
This is done with very few variations through out the week.
Caroline is happy because her cousins are here and she can play with them. I am enjoying having some time to finish plotting out some writing projects and work out my schedule for getting everything done by Dragon Con.
And I am enjoying the break from the rest of just about everything. I haven’t turned on a TV in a couple of days. My Internet usage has been rather minimal. I haven’t taken any electronics down to the beach so I am not distracted by anything when I am down there.
I have been walking a lot and spending time in the surf with Caroline who is having a blast with her boogie board.
I did miss a bit with the sunscreen and have a palm-sized sunburn on the back of one arm but it is not too bothersome. Caroline is tanning rather nicely and her hair is getting those red highlights that she gets when she is in the sun a lot.
It is really my vacation for the year. I do enjoy conventions and the rest but that is not my vacation time more like business travel. This is my week when I basically get away from it all and take some time to think and reflect on things without the usual signal to noise ratio, which will help me with the rest of the year.
I am grateful for thinking time.
This week Caroline and I are joining them and Peter gets a week to work on various projects with no interruptions.
There is a schedule here that has been the schedule for as long as I can remember.
Get Up
Breakfast
Beach
Pool (which is a little more optional these days)
Shower
Lunch
Afternoon activity and/or nap
Beach
Pool
Shower
Dinner
Bed
This is done with very few variations through out the week.
Caroline is happy because her cousins are here and she can play with them. I am enjoying having some time to finish plotting out some writing projects and work out my schedule for getting everything done by Dragon Con.
And I am enjoying the break from the rest of just about everything. I haven’t turned on a TV in a couple of days. My Internet usage has been rather minimal. I haven’t taken any electronics down to the beach so I am not distracted by anything when I am down there.
I have been walking a lot and spending time in the surf with Caroline who is having a blast with her boogie board.
I did miss a bit with the sunscreen and have a palm-sized sunburn on the back of one arm but it is not too bothersome. Caroline is tanning rather nicely and her hair is getting those red highlights that she gets when she is in the sun a lot.
It is really my vacation for the year. I do enjoy conventions and the rest but that is not my vacation time more like business travel. This is my week when I basically get away from it all and take some time to think and reflect on things without the usual signal to noise ratio, which will help me with the rest of the year.
I am grateful for thinking time.
