Spring Vacation

This vacation was all I could ask of a vacation -- totally relaxing. I had just enough to do to keep me from boredom and just little enough to do that I could feel completely rested and unhurried. I checked a stack of books out from the library before we left, laughing at myself because I knew I would never read any of them. However, I haven't read as much since I started my job and I was absolutely starved for hours of uninterrupted reading. I finished two books that week and got halfway through a third one! So fun! The first two were lighter, children's books that I enjoyed a lot. No matter if you are two or twenty-two, it is always great to read a a simple children's story and just -- enjoy it!! The third is one of the best suspense/mysterious novels I have read in ages. And I had never even heard of it until I saw it recommended by someone on a message board. It's not on any of my classic book lists, even though the author was a contemporary of Dickens and the back of the book cover says that it outsold Dickens when it was published. The name of it is The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins. I am about three-fourths finished with it now, and can't wait to see how it ends. I hope there is a good movie version of it.



As you can tell, I took lots of pictures on vacation -- probably over a hundred, so now I have the fun/aggravation of uploading/editing/printing/organizing them in my free time. But, I ask for that problem when I take that many pictures.



One day when we were there, Aunt Sherry took me, Gabrielle, and my cousins Kristin and Emily, to the mall shopping. That was a fun day. We went out to eat, then shopped the entire mall. We didn't really buy that much, of course, I think each of us ended up with a new shirt each, but we went in lots of shops and had a good time. We came across one store with gorgeous prom dresses, so we went in and tried on one. The store also bridal gowns that were stunning. I didn't try on a dress there, but in another store, Aunt Sherry insisted that I try one on. So I picked out a long rose pink one with silver sparkles. It was fun to play Cinderella. Kati (my six year old cousin) would have absolutely loved it if she had been with us.




We're back at home now and back to our own routine. It's good to back in our own home but we still miss our "other" home and our family and friends there.