Wow.

Last night, just putting together onto a work days off grid for this summer for spouse, factoring in son’s Driver’s Education at the high school for the first half of summer ($350, which is actually less than what I thought the good teachers of this District would work for) and younger son’s monthly blood test for the medication he is taking for his skin, was so exhilarating for spouse that he only got 4 hours sleep. Then he went to work and described his plans and the people he talked to told him it didn’t sound like a vacation.

Interesting how we have different notions of, What is a vacation? For me it’s I can swim any time in a lake or ocean anytime I want to, I have a working hot/cold shower (and have at least one other water source besides the room that houses it). Good weather is nice but there’s always off days. I guess one of the best things about summer vacation is no work. Being at our cottage or more correctly, our cottage someday, is always being on vacation, even when you are working (mostly–housework stills blows chunks). <grin>

Spouse has all these ideas for what he wants to do with the terrain around the cottage. Plus there is maintenance stuff on the ground proper–the “road” that we take to our cottage is the worst I’ve ever seen with it getting torn up badly over the summer and still lookin’ that way when we left in September. Roger is all “no problem” about repairing it. He’s most excited about having-the time to get some major work done on some hilly areas that have stones embedded–mostly likely by my grandfather as the stones (we verified) are near the property to our/our neighbours to the left of us. It’s nice to have good neighbours anywhere you are, no?

Spouse is a gardener with a strong landscaping bent. So he’ll, as of us figuring it out together last night, have close to three weeks at the lake divided 2 weeks-1 week and 2 long weekends at the beginning and the end.

I’m pretty excited, too but cautiously so as I must call the Internet guy that can do an Install for high-speed Internet maybe for about $100 versus satellite cable teevee Internet guy who can do it for $675 Cdn. Now. Yikes. Hundred dollars Internet guy was backed up by 800 emails in front of mine–plus telephone orders. They sound quite short-handed. I’m pretty much sure that I’ll have to bite the bullet and spend the $675 Cdn, which as much as I love the Motherland, I hope is no more than equal to the US buck.

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