…Because I’m on vacation!

Not that I have any special vacation plans for the week, but at the very least, I’m not going to the office and I AM going to spend as much of my time with Chappy as possible. Which is pretty much exactly what I did last year (not to mention the year before). The only day that I didn’t spend with him was Rhinebeck.

Which, yes, in a deja vu kind of way is going to be the way this week goes, too . . . Trying to think of fun things to do that won’t cost a lot of money . . . I mean, you can only go to the park so many times, right? My niece is coming for the night tomorrow though, so that will be really great–we’re looking forward to that. We did think about going down to the beach for a day, if we could find a beach that allows dogs, and if the weather cooperates, but not sure about that.

Actually, the colloquialism for that activity, here in New Jersey, is to go “down the shore,” but for some reason that phrasing has always irked me, so I try to avoid it . . . hmm. Actually, now that I think about it, I’ve been avoiding it for just about as long as I’ve avoided actually GOING to the shore. Even though I live here, only a relatively short drive (a couple hours) from the Atlantic Ocean, I have literally not seen the NJ shore since I was in 8th grade. That was, what, 1981 or so? But the beach on Martha’s Vineyard? At least once a year.

Wow. And they say language isn’t powerful.

Have you seen the commercials for Old Navy’s “Fair Isle” sweater collection? I liked the song so much, I bought the cd (Girls and Boys) of the singer, Ingrid Michaelson, which I’m listening to right now. Quite nice, actually. She has a lovely, smooth, mellow voice.

Okay, here’s a funny story. I was coloring my hair last night, and without realizing, got a drop of dye on the bathroom rug. But, see, I didn’t notice it. You know, I didn’t notice when I stepped in it and then tracked it all over the bathroom as I moved around . . . Um. Oops! At least the dye came out of the rug when I washed it. And the dye should wear off my feet in a day or so . . .

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