First day of vacation thoughts

Today's the first day of my vacation. I had booked two weeks off when I thought I was going to the UK. When that fell through, I was sure that I had cancelled both weeks off. BUT I didn't. I only cancelled the second week. Funny thing is that I didn't realise that I still had this week off until oh around Tuesday.

For a brief minute, I considered cancelling my time off and just working it. Then I decided "screw it". I've been working since I was 13 years old and NEVER took a holiday. Never took time off. The only time I took time off work was when I was pregnant and the doctor wanted me to stay home. So I was home - no pay - having a hard pregnancy (well three of them).

So this is my 'real' first vacation.

I plan on doing nothing except hanging out with my boys and relaxing. Squeeze in some sandbox time. Do some arts and crafts. Take them to the water park. Picnic breakfasts, lunch and dinners. You know, have FUN!

Then, after the vacationing, I go back to work on another team (same time slot though). Well, I'll be going back to my old team. The reasoning behind it is that the team is a specialised one - dealing with a new product. And I was trained in this also. SO, I'm going to support the team until their coach gets the training. After the coach gets the training, I go back to my team.

I was going through my saved voicemail messages last night. There were quite a few. I listened to each one ... and then I deleted them. MAN! It was hard to delete them really. I really am a pack rat. There was one that was especially difficult. It was one with singing on it. But yeah, voicemail all cleaned out now.

So, I'm going to take this week and spend it getting myself back on track. And who better to do it with then with my children. Children are the ultimate in keeping-it-real.