Summer Vacation: Weeks 5 and 6

I know it's cliche (pretend there's a little ' above the "e"-don't know how to put one there) but Summer is flying by. I think we're about half way through our summer break! I'm still trying to keep a week-by-week record so I can look back and see what all we did and when. Silly, maybe, but fun for me.

Week 5

We spent the weekend after the 4th at Crescent Bar, then on Monday the 8th Paul and I came home, leaving the girls there for the week with their grandparents. Paul still had to work, so I had 3 days to myself to do whatever. Like usual I was hoping to accomplish all sorts of projects around the house but just didn't quite get to it. Tuesday I went to the mall and the grocery store, and because I got kind of a late start, by the time I got back it was dinnertime. On Wednesday I drove up to Everett to have lunch with my former boss and visit some of my old co-workers. It was so fun to see them again. When I got back I had a hair appointment and again it was dinnertime by the time I did all that. Thursday I had to take the car to Les Schwab to get a tire looked at/fixed (turns out there was a small nail in it) and I ran some other errands and started packing for our Idaho trip. So that was my 3 days. Not quite what I had hoped, but still some nice alone time.

Week 6

Family vacation to Coeur D'Alene, Idaho/Silverwood Theme Park (see separate post to follow).

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