"The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see." ~Author Unknown
Merv and I are vacationing this week - at home. I cannot remember the last time we did this. It surely hasn't happened in the last ten years. It has been our tradition since Jacob was small to take a March break vacation at a southern destination and a summer vacation somewhere in Canada. Last summer we broke with that tradition slightly and vacationed in Ireland. We spent ten days in Hawaii last March and left our summer vacation plans loose. Merv and Jacob spent a boys week in Havelock in July and Jacob planned a two-week trip to North Bay with his friend's family. He left on Saturday. It turned out that the only other week Merv could take this summer was this week. So there will be no family vacation this summer.
Nonetheless, Merv and I are having a holiday. We spent the weekend with friends in Collingwood. Today and tomorrow, Merv is dabbling in the post window replacement work in the house. We're dining out and planning to catch a movie. Wednesday we will head down to Ontario Place to enjoy the sunshine and then to see the Moody Blues in concert. Thursday will take us to the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake for an afternoon matinee and then to Niagara Falls for dinner, a visit to the casino and a night at the Marriott. Saturday we will attend a Bat Mitzva and Sunday we will visit friends at their cottage north of Peterborough. I'm really enjoying this time. There is very little packing to do; no long hours spent at the airport and the price is right. The bed is really comfortable and the coffee tastes great.
Pehaps when Claudia (our cleaning lady) comes on Wednesday, I'll slip her a few extra bucks and ask her to leave some mints on the pillows.
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