Day 1 of my Vacation

I generally think of vacations as going somewhere but this year my vacation is here at home. The Latin root for vacation is vacatio which means freedom from something or to vacate something. Well 4 members of my household vacated today. One more will be leaving on Tuesday. So technically I am vacationing.

So far it has been hard work. First I cleaned up the boys room and threw away only 18 water bottles this time (see previous post) They are pack rats with a capital P. Actually they are hoarders. Then I cleaned my room and vacuumed. Next I worked in the backyard with Hurley to help. Hurley is a 2 month old beagle who is loads of help. But she is entertaining. She thinks the shovel is wildly fun. She loves to stand in the way and bite your ankles as you work.

Then I pulled up some dead plants in the front yard, trimmed a tree and THEN I broke my toe. It didn't really hurt all that bad. I kicked a rock. I had just taken my shoes off. So then I put them back on just to keep from kicking it again. When I took my shoes off an hour or two later, I was shocked to see it was purple. And it hurts like crazy. All activity stopped. So my vacation just slowed down. Maybe that is a good thing. Maybe I will watch a movie with my feet propped up!