How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Let me tell you, going back to work after two weeks off is always horrible. Getting up early, stuck in the office all day, going home and having to worry about household chores, it all sucks. So yeah, no post yesterday even though I was back at work. My bad. Regular posting resumes today.

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So my summer vacation. Two weeks and a long weekend thrown in for good measure. So, what did I do?

Well, Kim and I started the first week by heading out camping at Bon Echo Lake provincial park for a week from Sunday to Saturday. We were worried about the weather but it turned out great with warm days and cool nights and no rain up a little bit on the day we packed up. We had the Kids for all but the first and last days and we went swimming, climbed up Bon Echo rock, fed the chipmunks, went to the nature shows, and ate lots of campfire s'mores. Well the kids and Kim ate the s'mores, I was more of a haystack-cookie-type guy.

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The second week we were to have up the third child for our summer experiment, but seeing as how bored Ophelia was at times during her week before vacation we persuaded Mikaela to bring her sister along for company, so we had the girls for half the week. We did some fun stuff like checking out the Nacy Drew movie, going to the Children's Museum at the Museum of Civilization, going to the beach at the river in Carleton Place, a trip to Greenbush to visit with my cousins Taylor and April and play at the farm, and attempting to go berry picking (but the berries were all picked out by the time we got there).

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As we went to take the girls home on Saturday, we had just got on the highway and up to speed when the hood on the car flew up and smashed the windshield. I was able to brake and pull over without incident, but the windshield was criss-crossed with cracks and small shards of glass were on the dash, and the hood was bent backwards all to hell.

We called CAA for a tow and a cab to take Kim and the kids back to the house to call their mother for pickup. The car is at the bodyshop now and I'm driving a Chevy Malibu rental while the insurance claim is processed and repairs are made.

So Kim and I spent the long weekend at home. Her parents and grandparents dropped in for supper on Sunday and Monday we relaxed and watched some movies together.

Coming up later today: Harry Potter book and movie reviews.