On the Brink of Vacation

It was finally Friday and my last day to work before a week’s vacation. That alone was enough to motivate me up and out of bed. I knew it would be a tough day at the office but I didn’t care, especially at 5:30am in the morning. I pushed through my exercise routine as normal then headed out with Ykraps. After returning home, I checked the weather forecast, mostly concerned about the week ahead and our even more pointedly, our family camp trip. Still looking good – low 80’s and sunny Monday through Wednesday. As for the current day, the forecast called for mid-70’s and partly sunny – not at all like one might expect mid-July, but then again, it hasn’t been ‘normal’ all month. I headed out for my run perhaps a little late – 6:50am. I ran my four miles like usual, nothing out of the ordinary. I enjoyed two fried eggs for my breakfast and then headed up for a shower. Mindy made arrangements to have Kara watch the children this afternoon so she could run errands and lunch with friends. I was off to work by 8:15am. Work was busy, and like most Friday’s a bit overwhelming. But somehow, I managed through it. Not only was I doing my job, but my bosses too. That made the day incrementally tougher. I maintained in part by looking forward to 5pm and my week’s vacation. We bought pizzas for the crew do to a heavy workload. In turn, I didn’t leave the office for lunch. I didn’t talk with Mindy until my drive home. She shared her day’s activities and some news about daughter Courtney. Seems she lost her job at the Grove City Applebee’s. Mindy discovered all of this after asking about Courtney while lunching there. More than anything, we were most disappointed that she purposefully was keeping the truth from us – lying. That troubled me, and wasn’t the way I wanted to start my week’s vacation. I chose to cast the problem aside, at least for the time being. Bella was the only child at home. Jacob was spending the night with his friend Noah. We planned dinner at Barley’s, Bella’s choice. We’ve no doubt created somewhat of a monster in the two of them. They want to patronize Barley’s almost as much as Mindy & I. We headed out earlier than usual. We were there even before 7pm. We found a table barside. Bob Imber showed up shortly after us. I was happy to spend a little time with him since we most likely wouldn’t see him and Mary Ann for at least two weeks, maybe longer. They’re heading off to Ocracoke next Thursday. I let Bob know that we had a Sunday AM tee time and still had a spot open for a fourth. I didn’t sound like he’d be able to join us, however. We hung at Barley’s until 9:30pm. We weren’t home long before Mindy contacted Chrissy and essentially invited us down to their house. We ended up hanging out at their place until well past 11pm. Bella was tired and cranky. Before leaving, I confirmed Kenny’s desire to golf Sunday morning.