R & R

Can you say, "vacation?"
I can! No Kroger for the next 8 days. I love my job and I love my people, but....sometimes I just don't like the routine and the daily grind. Thankfully, I have persevered now for almost 30 years and with this amount of time in service comes 6 weeks of paid vacation. WOW...I am blessed! Now, there are many people that prefer to take their vacations early in the year or in the heat of the summer. NOT ME! I like to save all my weeks until the 2 nd half of the year and take a week off every month starting in July when we typically take our family vacation to the beach. Most of the time, I am off by myself since Debbie barely has 2 weeks vacation. She likes to save a week so she can take it in days when something special comes up. What do I do? Most of the time I head to Wilmington for a few days to visit my dad and sisters and I will head that way tomorrow. Hopefully on this trip, my dad will feel up to going fishing for a few hours. There is nothing like surf fishing in the fall on the coast of North Carolina. That is one of the joys of my life and something I can thank my dad for. He instilled in me a love and respect for the ocean and an absolute passion for salt water fishing. There is nothing that beats the smell of the salt air or sleeping to the sound of the breaking surf.
With that said....I'm outa here to go get my bags and tackle packed!