July 29, 2006
Vacation Itinerary
While most of my good blogging buddies are at BlogHer this weekend, I’m at work counting down the long ten hours. Working Saturday’s sucks. But today will be different. Today will be miserable, dreadful, long, boring and horrible. Wait! That’s every Saturday. Today is just different because once I leave at 6 p.m., I have 8 — count ‘em, EIGHT days off. I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. I’ve been suffering from burnout at work. Dealing with elderly people who cannot hear and yell on the phone about travel insurance really starts to irritate a person. Dealing with foreign travelers who speak broken English is also frustrating as I don’t know if the caller is looking for travel insurance or tapioca pudding. But I manage to make it through each day and come home to a big fat glass of wine and bad TV. Oh yeah, and Doug making dinner. And Dawson, yelling, “Mumma! Loyu!” which means he loves me.
Oh, how I wish I were at BlogHer. Drinking with the other fabulous bloggin’ mommas! Doesn’t that sound fabulous? I’m definitely going next year. It’s an absolute in my book.
For our vacation, Doug and I decided to do the following:
(Yes, you’re getting a bulleted list — I’m to lazy to write for real.)
- Saturday, July 29, 2006 - post work: We’re going to watch movies and eat fatty, buttery popcorn after Dawson goes to sleep.
- Sunday, July 30, 2006: I’m going to attempt to sleep in past 8 a.m. but my mother’s intuition tells me Dawson will be wide awake at 6:30. He likes to pull funny pranks like that.
- Monday, July 31, 2006: I am going to spend as much of my day outside. Perhaps taking the Toddler and the Canine for a walk. Maybe I’ll weed the garden. I may even buy some Peel’s wine coolers and get plastered in the back yard. I sure hope the neighbor’s don’t mind if I’m topless and drunk. I’ll just tell them I’m emulating Ted Kennedy. Oh, but wait! I won’t be driving a car into the river in Chappaquiddick. (Sorry, you know I had to put in ONE political dig. Just one!)
- Tuesday, August 1, 2006: Dawson will be “in school” (day care) all day and I will be lounging around the house, perhaps reading blogs to catch up on all the fun the BlogHer girls had!
- Wednesday, August 2, 2006: We are going to Bay Beach Amusement park in Green Bay. Dawson will be riding every child-friendly ride in site. I will be taking many, many pictures.
- Thursday, August 3, 2006: I plan to spend all day at the beach.
- Friday, August 4, 2006: See yesterday’s plan.
- Saturday, August 5, 2006: Carmen and Jeff will be getting married.
- Sunday, August 6, 2006: I will be very, very hungover and crying. I will not want to go to work on Monday.
Posted by Dana @ 9:20 am • Uncategorized
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July 29th, 2006 at 8:10 pm, Guinevere Says:
You lucky, lucky girl! While you’re out enjoying the fun summer sun, remember me…stuck in a dungeon of an office with no windows. :o(
Have an AWESOME one, girlfriend! :oD
July 30th, 2006 at 9:38 pm, Brighton Says:
Sounds like fun, enjoy!!
July 30th, 2006 at 11:14 pm, mommaobrienx7 Says:
Monday July 31st sounds like the most fun! Count me in - I’ll bring some tequila for good measure.
July 31st, 2006 at 8:06 am, clair Says:
Lucky you and lucky me. I’m on a month-long break from work (well, only 2 weeks left now). Happily I’m at the gym most days in air-conditioned comfort LOL and catching up with stuff I’ve been flinging into the back burner. Hope you have fun
July 31st, 2006 at 8:10 am, Anonymous Purple Car Says:
I might see you this Saturday @ CC’s wedding. I almost put it in one of my last notes to you but I didn’t want to freak you out!
Have a GRRREAT Week!
July 31st, 2006 at 11:53 am, sunjanman Says:
hope you’re enjoying your time away! i just got back from vacation and feel so refreshed. i actually like my job again!
July 31st, 2006 at 2:14 pm, Anonymous Says:
Enjoy your time off!
~ Fat Chick
July 31st, 2006 at 7:18 pm, Hothousemomma Says:
weddings are so much fun! Then again so is fat buttery popcorn!
August 1st, 2006 at 9:22 am, Dana Says:
APC - I swear you’re stalking me. =)
FC - I will definitely try!
HHM - I’m way excited about the popcorn!
sunjanman - I’m hoping I feel refreshed!
clair - 2 more weeks? I envy you!
Momma O - we definitely need to do some tequila.
brighton! -thanks doll!
Guinivere - I needed this vaca. I did!
August 1st, 2006 at 9:46 am, Grace Says:
Hi Dana,
SOunds like you have a great vacation planned. Anyday with a beach included, is a vacation… *sigh*
I on the other hand need to tend to a screaming older baby right now…
The goodness never ends.
hugs,
Grace~~~xo
August 1st, 2006 at 11:03 am, Anonymous Purple Car Says:
Dana,
You crack me up! I actually found your blog by accident when trying to look up a local story one time and have been hooked ever since. An added perk is that I know you!
and many of the friends you speak about in your entries.
August 1st, 2006 at 11:38 am, Dana Says:
Grace! I’m being held hostage by my toddler. He’s got a nasty cold. We’ve been laying on the floor, watching cartoons, and drinking cough syrup. Okay, I’m exagerating about the cartoons. *L*
APC- I must laugh that you’re hooked. I don’t think even my friends know about my blog. Good thing I don’t write anything bitchy about them. *WINK WINK*