Problems are for Solving

Today I left the office at 5:58 PM, Central Daylight Time.

I won’t be back in until after Labor Day.

I’m on vacation.

For the past couple of years, most of my vacation has been taken in chunks around business trips allowing me to drive instead of flying—in order to take my family along with me. The next most common use of vacation is a trip to visit a family member, usually a trip that is rushed somehow and involving lots of time in the car.

Other than that I have not taken more than two days off in a row.

I have not taken a vacation of a week or more that did not involve travel for me and my family . . . not since I’ve been married.

That’s over 11 years.

On this vacation, which I finally realized I needed, there will be no long trips in the car. We will sleep in our own beds every night except possibly one night of camping in a nearby state park—less than an hour away.

We have the following goals for this vacation:
**Spend time with children
**Establish good habits with:
o Family worship
o Quiet times
o Bed/rising schedule
**Spend time in prayer and planning for medium/long term goals & personal relationship with God.

I really need this vacation. I’ve been bordering on depression for a while, and there are lots of things that need to be done here at home, and I have not had the time with the children (two short, but both involving Saturdays, business trips in the last month) that I and they need badly.

Tomorrow is a “non work day� to begin the vacation. No household projects for Friday. We take Elsie to the eye doctor to get new glasses. We go shopping. We go to the library and a museum. And in the evening I’m going to play games with my children.

I may get time to post pictures and/or events that go on while we’re enjoying this next week + together. Tonight we sat down and planned what we want to do every day … even leaving one day open for spontaneity. More to follow!

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