It’s nearly the end of summer, and we haven’t taken a family vacation yet. Because I’ve been in Dodge City working for AT&T, and Sharon and Andy have kept the house in Wichita running without much help from me, we simply haven’t had time for a trip. I have to be in Dallas a week from Sunday for business, so we’ve got just enough time for a quick trip to the Missouri Ozarks before school starts.
We’re going to Springfield, Missouri first, to see some Civil War battlefields. Andy is a huge civil war buff, and we plan on seeing several reenactments of famous battles over the weekend. A baseball game, some shopping, and site-seeing in the beautiful Ozark hills await us over the coming week. We may even go to Branson! Yee-Haw!
Family vacations may become a thing of the past for us soon. Andy will one day choose to spend time with his friends and his own activities. Until then, we’re going to experience as much as we can, as long as it’s still cool for him to hang out with Mom and Dad.
Sharon and I have always taken our own separate time away as well, every year. She with her best friend Cindy, and me on a motorcycle trip to somewhere enchanting. But this year is different. Cindy is in poor health and unable to travel, and I’ve shot most of my vacation running back and forth to Wichita for special scout projects, house projects, family reunions and graduations. I’ve only got a few days left to spend on whatever it is we need to do between now and the end of the year. I’ll choose wisely.
I hope your summer was good, and that if you have children, or a spouse, that you’ve been able to enjoy your time in these warmer months. Pretty soon, we’ll all be in that hurry-up, rush-rush routine of fall that leads to winter, that leads to holidays, that leads to spring, that leads to summer, when we start this crazy process all over again. Life moves too fast, sometimes, doesn’t it?
Good luck! Happy Summer!
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