Thursday, September 7, 2006

Better Days

This has not been a good week. I won't bore you with the gory details, suffice it to say my car is in the shop (again) and one of our dogs had to make a trip to the emergency vet (again).

I've been driving a rental since Tuesday but I should be able to pick up my car tomorrow. I picked up over $250 worth of dog medicine today, and that was after D shelled out over twice that at the vet's yesterday. Ka-ching.

The dog is going to be fine. My car is going to be fine. I am going to be fine. Deep breath.

Saturday morning we leave for a long-planned weeks' vacation on a houseboat on Lake Shasta. This will be our third houseboat trip but my first time to this location. We're sharing the boat with our best friends and Wonder Boy, who has a cast on his right arm and therefore cannot go in the water. What a huge bummer, being 5, on a houseboat for a week and not being able to get wet. D's son and grandson are hoping to join us for a day or two, so at least Wonder Boy will have a small playmate for part of the time.

If things go as planned I will be doing plenty of nothing for a week. And by nothing I mean reading, listening to music, eating, drinking and playing on my jet ski. I will take lots of pictures to share with you all. In the meantime, here are a few of where we're going, where we're staying and what I'll be doing.

Yes, that is the actual boat we are renting, and yes, I am going very fast in this picture. Catch me if you can.







14 comments:

  1. Sorry things are so glum..but look on the bright side....you got to go out to dinner with ME...what more could a person ask for? ;)
    ((HUGS))

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  2. It was great to see you today! Hoping the pup is feeling better soon, and hope your car is returned as good as new.

    You're trip sounds simply wonderful! I miss our weeks at Lake Britton (just down the hill from Lake Shasta). We drank our way through the week with a lot of waterskiing thrown in.

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  3. Have a blast on your vacation!

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  4. Well, I hope that you will have a great vacation and rest up and recuperate from your lousy week. ;-)

    Pax. Kimberly

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  5. I am so sorry for all the bad news.

    Have a wonderful, wonderful vacation and I hope to see you when you get back in town.

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  6. It looks gorgeous and you look hot, even going at that speed! I hope you have a wonderful time.

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  7. I love Lake Shasta with that beautiful backdrop. I'm positive you are having a wonderful time. Looking forward to the pictures.

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  8. put this rotten week beind you, and have a fantastic week ahead. It looks like an absolutely beautiful place!
    Hope your dog will be feeling 100% again soon.

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  9. Hooray - a trip to make up for the rotten week! Hope you have a fabulous time.

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  10. Sorry about the rough week . . . glad it all turned out fine and you get some fast fun to make up for it. The jetski looks like a blast.

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  11. I'm glad your dog is going to be ok...AND your car. Bring back lots of great pics!

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  12. sorry about your week, but it looks like the vacation sure cure you - havea great time!

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  13. I'm sorry your week has been so cruddy, so to add to it I cleverly clicked your blog link from my site so now you have the added stress of being haunted by me ... enjoy your holiday it sounds like a wonderful escape from cruddy weeks.

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