Vacation

Happy Sabbath,

I want to thank the Lord for a great week off for vacation.  I was able to go to the beach with my son and have a great time.  I no longer have free easily accessible wifi so my data plan has been almost maxed out (including the roll over data I didn’t use when I relied heavily on the wifi).  I was so uncertain as to how I could travel the long distance to the beach without my phone dictating my every turn.  I decided to give the drive a go without turn by turn, constantly glancing at my phone map and recalling roads I took before to get there.  I was able to go and come back without needing the navigation feature on my phone. I only used the data to load up initial directions and even if I veered off from them, I was able to figure out how to get back.  In current times, it is so much easier because you don’t need to have navigation set up on your phone.  Your phone can show exactly where you are without data and it helps so much the more as you read a map. Imagine having a paper map constantly having to unfold it to figure out why you are so far west from where you were supposed to turn.  I don’t miss those days. I also was able to go back to the zoo to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I really didn’t but it was nice to walk through and know exactly where I was going. 

When I pulled up to the zoo main entrance (first time going that way), there was no parking and dozens more cars were coming in.  The first time I came down, I ended up going to the back side parkinglot on the other side of the zoo away from the main entrance.  Most people don’t know about this side so when I found no spaces on the main side, I was able to get a spot just about at the entrance on that side after arriving 30 minutes late.  God is good.

I found the roads I was familiar with and went straight to the beach. We sat in the sand and let the water lap up over us, pushing us this way and that.  We even went out to deeper stronger waves and it was the first time I got soaked at the beach.  I usually don’t go that far in and I cannot swim well. 

I attended a home buying seminar on Tuesday with my son.  When I registered for the event, I didn’t expect to have my son with me but my parents went to NC for the week so that meant I would have to bring him with me.  I prayed that my son would be quiet and that I would be able to get the most information out of the seminar.  I even printed up a financial profile of myself to give to a banker there in case I would not be able to stay past 5 minutes as my son is rarely cooperative.  I drove 45 minutes away to this seminar with my son and praise God, we were able to sit the entire hour through it without him having a tantrum, breaking into offices, running in the street, and having to need to use the potty.  He only burped, had some audible flatulence that made one person laugh, and annoyingly touch this veteran’s lower back who sat in front of us.

This week I was able to finally get some dry cleaning done.  I reorganized my cupboards (two really), was able to use the free $20 Kohl’s cash Captial One gave me for being a great customer on some cute items, and get a bunch of other things done. 

I had a great week and my son was better behaved at church today so we were able to stay.

I am happy and am enjoying the day.