10 Days of Vacation... Ahhh!

Truth be told, it was a restful vacation that we just experienced, albeit a tad on the odd side of things.  Picture this - for the second time in almost 23 years, my wife and I got away ALONE!  The kids are now old enough to leave at home, while we are gallivant about the countryside.  It is an amazing thing to experience such freedom after all that time.  All I can say is... Ahhhh!

So the boy, who has, I may have mentioned, surpassed my stature by a bit over an inch at present, had to go to Missouri to participate in the National Home School Basketball Championships (or some such).  His team came in 5th in the nation (amongst home-school teams that is), while the boy garnered 2nd place in the slam-dunk competition!  That's my boy!

So the wife and I, getting back to the matter at hand, spent 10 days constantly in one another's company.  At this point in the process, we are fairly used to one another, and being extremely calm individuals, were able to return to our homestead alive, and unharmed.  That could easily be seen as a miracle by a large percentage of the population today.  Most, I believe, would expect us to implode after just a few days, or perhaps explode.  But no, we came out completely unscathed.  Woo-hoo!

On the way to Mizzou, the wife and I listened to a book on CD that kept me awake all the way there, that is to say, it was most interesting.  Whenever a book gets referred to as one that kept me awake, well, you get the idea.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to remember the name of the book at present, and the wife took it back to the library.  I'll get back with you on that one.  Sorry.

Then there's The Hunger Games, by some woman who's name escapes me.  Oh yes, Suzanne Collins, that's the name.  That was an interesting one.  I read that after arriving in Branson, MO, where we spent the a.m. and nights.  Branson is NOT my style, at all.  The accommodations were quite nice, though, in Branson, MO. The Hunger Games is set in the former U.S.A., partly in W.V., and partly in CO - Colorado.  It's a post-apocalyptic journey through a world that is not much like ours,

Well, I just woke myself via a deep, heavy duty snore, so good night to all, if anyone is reading.

Frank