And so the vacation from work begins.....

I was thinking that I should use this blog for my upcoming vacation only, but I recently decided that it might be nice for some people to follow all that I do during my extended vacation from work.

On Friday I went to see Bridesmaids.  I must admit, that it was a lot funnier than I expected.  There were some truly heartwarming points, and I found myself identifying with the main character. (Probably because she is a total wack-job)  There was one scene that I could not watch (I have a problem with vomit), but the rest of it was pretty genius.  It had all the components of a good comedy, and it wasn't too cutesy.

Saturday Mike and I went out to IHOP for breakfast.  We both had delicious omelets, and I got a side of pancakes.  After forcing Mike to try their deliciousness, he was clamoring for more.  It is nice to know that I have some idea of what he likes, even if he insists that he doesn't like something.  Who can turn down a delicious pile of pancakes?  A monster, that is who.  Later on, we went and fed my hobby monster and went to the casino.  We spent a couple hours walking around and enjoying the blips, and bloops of the mighty machines.  Oh how I love those machines.  One of these days I need to find something that gets my attention as much as those machines do.  I don't play them for the possibility of winning, I play them for the mini-games that lie within the game.  Their design is pretty brilliant when you think of it.  People investing money to allow them to play a hidden game within the game.  Sure, most people play with the hope of "hitting it big", but I see a lot of people get excited when they hit the bonus round regardless of the end payout.

Sunday, we slept in for a while.  I woke up and cleaned the house.  Then I went out in the yard and mowed more of the lawn, and pulled out some of the weeds.  For those of you that came out to the house last year, you will notice that there is about 75% less weeds this year.  It truly was a hostile take-over.  I called in a service to help me deal with them.  I had nightmares that the weeds would start growing in the house.  That they would knock on the window, and the cats would let them in.  Luckily, the cats don't have thumbs, otherwise that would be a likelihood.  All in all, not very exciting, but I kind of wish we had some photos of me in the yard.  It was pretty hilarious.  I was out there in a normal outfit with my giant headphones.  I was dancing behind the lawnmower, and sometimes even doing a little kick or a twirl.  I think my neighbors would be worried, but I assume that they already are.

More to come.........Later on, the adventures of A/C repair, and a visit to the spa.....