Vacations are fun

Delicious vacation has come to an end. Oh, so sad.

The dogs are happy. Herbie because if there is anything worse than being a deck dog, it is being a kennel dog. Having to be in a same run with Olive for FOUR WHOLE days, pretty much just like death. Olive on the other hand, thinks that the kennel is fine and when we picked her up today, pretty much had no idea who we were. Though she left with us just fine. When we got home, she ran upstairs, got into my suitcase and chewed up another pair of unmentionables, guess she remembered those. Nice to know she is using her brain for something fun.

We shopped and ate too much. The kid, because he is truly wonderful, bought me some lovely vintage stirrer sticks. They are delightful sea creatures and will look delicious stirring something. I have sparkly clean teeth and beautiful hair. A new coat. Piles and piles of unread books and magazines. We attended wine hour. We went to a movie, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. Slept in until 9:00 am one day.

Vacations are nice. I actually think they are more enjoyable for me now that I am not in a relationship. During my marriage, I was "in charge" of everything. Where we ate, what we did, where we stayed, on and on. I felt like Julie, the cruise director on the Love Boat, only I didn't get paid and my duties didn't get to end after the hour episode was over. Nope, mine went on for the whole dang vacation.

Now, while I still run them, I am more flexible. I don't like mornings, never have, never will. I choose not to get up early. I like a breakfast snack, not a whole meal, so we have snacks. I like a big lunch, so we eat our nicest meal of the day at lunch. It goes like this. I still plan for the kid but now I figure, if he doesn't like the plan speak up!

It has only been now during the divorce that the ex brings up all the stuff he hated about me. I'm like, hey idiot boy, you should have either spoken up, or better yet, done it yourself! So with three vacations by myself under my belt, I like it better. Sure it would be nice to have someone to talk to at night but it is not an necessity. In fact, the longer I am single, the more I don't want a relationship EVER.

I do however, want a boatload of vacations.