What I Did on my Summer Vacation
My weeklong vacation ends today. My husband G. Grod took our sons, now-6yo Drake and 3.5yo Guppy, to PA to visit friends and stay with family. By all accounts, they had a wonderful time while I got to enjoy a week-long stacation. Several people asked me what I’d do with the time. Unlike vacations past, I made no hard and fast plans, and knew going in that whatever project to-do list I set would be theoretical. My priorities were rest, rejuvenation, reading and writing. I did all those things and more:
Bought chocolate and cupcakes from Local D’lish and Surdyk’s on the way home from dropping the boys at the airport.
Bought the John Hughes High School Flashback DVD set at Barnes and Noble, with Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. (see recent entry on John Hughes.) Bough new Mercy Watson book, Something Wonky This Way Comes, and Shaun the Sheep DVDs, all ostensibly for Drake’s birthday. (But perhaps akin to a bowling ball inscribed with “Homer”.)
Had two girls-only tea parties using my china tea set.
Played Lexulous with my sister Sydney this week. (More accurately: got beat soundly by Syd on Lexulous this week.)
Went to five yoga classes in seven days, adding to my normal classes at Neti Neti by returning to lovely TaraNa and visiting the serene One Yoga.
Attended the Mad Men premiere party at Jax with my friend K8.
Saw the original Day the Earth Stood Still at the Heights.
Got my knives and scissors sharpened and bought a sharpening steel and new cutting board at Eversharp.
Cleaned out my linen closet but didn’t find the missing bathroom floor tiles to be replaced.
Swam laps at the Jim Lupient water park.
Got my brows waxed at Extrados.
Got my hair trimmed at Wave.
Got my nostril (re-) pierced at St. Sabrina’s.
Finally watched Kurosawa’s take on MacBeth, Throne of Blood.
Read 200+ pages in Infinite Jest; I’m close to the end!
Attended the Simple, Good and Tasty dinner at The Strip Club with my friend K8
then stayed up till 1am to watch the finale for Top Chef Masters and the premiere of Top Chef Las Vegas.
Attended a Project Runway party for the All Star special and the Season 6 premiere at my friend KM’s. (Go, MN designers!)
Finally went to Town Talk Diner with my friend Queenie.
Stayed up late, slept soundly, and made my own double cappuccinos every morning (my husband G. Grod usually makes them for me; I finally learned how to do them myself.)
And this morning, my last, I went to “gentle” yoga with Jeffrey at TaraNa, then to Crema Cafe for a local organic scramble and a Sonny’s latte (that’s a regular latte with a scoop of their espresso-infused Crema ice cream!),
then stopped at Mitrebox to pick up Strawberry Shortcake and Chocolate Bomb cupcakes, then to Local D’lish to pick up Kettle Corn, Honey Walnut Fig and Peanut Butter Cup cupcakes, all to welcome the boys back. (Again, ostensibly. See above comment about bowling ball w/Homer.)
What I didn’t do: work in the yard, organize and clean. Fret.
I’ve had a terrific week, and I can’t wait to see G and the boys. I believe (and hope) I’ll be a better mom in the coming weeks because of this break. Maybe I’ll even have more energy to tackle some of those tasks I put off.
August 31st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
I loved reading this post. Congratulations on your lovely vacation.