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We are leaving this weekend on the big family vacation for the summer. On one hand; yay! On the other hand; Ah! My deadline gets closer every day, and every day I don’t make my page count is a day further behind schedule. But I did the math and realized that I would finish the book after Trinity went back to school. That I would spend another summer writing, working, and have no break. We sent Trinity on vacation with Jon’s parents last year, and for spring break they took her along with her Aunt Pili, but I worked.

I didn’t want to watch another lovely summer slip away through the windows of my office. It’s a nice office, no, it’s a great office, but I wanna play! What good is all this success if I never get to enjoy it? So, I grabbed a calender about two weeks ago and said, screw it, let’s go. So, tomorrow Jon, Trinity, Jon’s parents, and me go on vacation. We’ll be deep sea fishing, and beach walking, and swimming, and trying to stay on the nutrition plan and exercise. There’s a gym near where we’ll be that we’ve used before. And, I will work some of the time. This is a test to see if I can play and still manage to keep the book alive in my head and progress moving forward in it. This is the great experiemt to see if I can work, play, bascially can I write and have a life.

Of course, it being me, I didn’t stop with just the family vacation. Jon and I have two just us trips planned for next month. One weekend trip and the other a week, well six days, but still we’ll be home for only thirteen days in July. But I’m excited about each trip, looking forward to waking up by the ocean, and looking at that view and spending time with my family. I’m eager to make new friends this summer, and visiting very good friends on their new farm. In fact, I have trips planned off and on all the way to November. I have faith that I will make my deadlines and do all the new business that is coming our way, and have a life. A good life full of family, friends, and the people I love. That’s the goal. It’s a good goal, one worth working towards, and Gods know I know how to work. *smile*