VACATION

VACATION

I was on vacation all last week. This vacation in our annual Spink, Specht, Bohnert, Meyer vacation. We went to Adams-Friendship and stayed at a large rental house with an indoor pool. We had stayed at this same “Hillside Hideaway” in 2000, but with a slightly different mix of people. In 2000 both my parents were with us and they have now since both passed away. Scott only came for a few days because he had to work and we were not married yet and so obviously we did not have a child (maybe that is not so obvious in our family). Never the less Bella was not there. The kids (Sarah, Patrick, Mark, Alan and Stephanie were 9 years younger) and I believe Shelly’s husband Paul was there as well.

It was a nice vacation, less of a drive them some of our destinations, but I did not return very relaxed. Spending 24/7 with Scott and Bella is not relaxing! Those two fight like siblings as do Bella and Alan.

We did do some fun things: flea market, fireworks, boat parade, tubing on the Wisconsin River (Bella went in a canoe), the Circus Museum, Rode bikes (not me, I will get to that below), the Lost Canyon Tour, out to lunch at the Moose Jaw (Yum!) Storybook Gardens & Zoo and finished it all off with breakfast at Paul Bunyan’s in the Dells.

I did not bike because on the day we went tubing I jumped out of the back of the school bus that they used to transport us up river and hurt my foot. I was ok tubing but had a really hard time putting any weight on my foot-it hurt like the dickens! On Monday he Scott took me to the Doctor so I could have an Xray. Nothing was broken but now a week and a half latter it still hurts and I am hobbling along on crutches at least part of the time. I toured the circus museum in a “adult Stroller” and both my husband and daughter were less than stellar at getting me around primarily they would park me places and leave me. I also missed the bike tour and ended up driving the lunch down the trail instead. Scott and Bella biked 13 miles.

Unfortunately being with my sister Sonya was stressful for me. She is kind of a hoyty toyty gall and thinks she is superior to me. She does have great kids and she did give birth to them, she has a husband who does everything (maybe I am a little jealous here), she is thinner than I am, but not by as much as she thinks.

There was some talk about mom and dad and the estate. In lots of ways I don’t care. Why should I?

I guess we will do our annual Christmas shopping trip and cookie day, but there really is not place to have the sledding party anymore and I don’t know if I am up to a family vacation again next year. We will see.

Later.