Well we are off! We are heading to the other end of Michigan for a few days of R&R on the beach. Then we aren't sure where we'll go but we are thinking of hitting up an amusement park for a day or two and heading back home in time to get our dogs Tuesday morning. Hubby is coming with us but he'll have to work through the end of the week so he'll stay behind in the hotel while we are out gallivanting around the sand dunes.

See ya on the other side, everyone! Wish us luck! We haven't had a real vacation - just the five of us - in, well, maybe ever! We badly need it. If this doesn't work out, the wait until we adopt (November) will be excruciating for us since it will not be until after that point we can start implementing all those changes (new jobs, moving out of state, etc) we badly want to make now but can't for fear of disrupting the adoption. So we badly need some R&R - a reprieve - from the daily grind to rejuvenate us for the long wait ahead.

Off we go!!!!!!