Vacation!!!

Happiness is all wrapped up in the title. It is vacation time and I have been looking forward to this week off since July 29. Don't get me wrong, I love my job (most of the time) but with any work we like a break. I'm extremely grateful for a job that gives me such breaks, because working retail for 8 years taught me that not everyone has that luxury.

That being said, these breaks are sweet and I am so glad I get to spend Thanksgiving week with my sister, nephew and niece. I've spent quite a few Thanksgivings here and always have a good time. I was feeling adventurous when I left this afternoon and decided I wanted to take a different route. I have always in the past taken I-16 to I-95, which took me about 5 hours or so. It's a very boring drive. My google maps showed me a route that took me through all the little towns in south Georgia on the back roads. I decided to do it. It was 50 miles less and I figured even if I wasn't going as fast I would get there around the same time.

Turns out I really enjoyed the drive. It was different, I had plenty of different scenery to look at, and the speed limit in most parts was around 65mph, so I wasn't puttering. I took one or two wrong turns, but nothing that slowed me down. All in all, it took me around 4 hours and 45 minutes, which if I had not turned the wrong way a few times it probably would have ended up saving me almost 30 minutes. That coupled with the different scenery will probably mean I take this route from now on.

Tomorrow I get to spend the day with my niece Madison, who is growing up to be such a funny little girl. I love her to death. She goes to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine (she's blind) and she is out all week. My nephew still has school tomorrow. Wednesday I will get to see my long lost friend Kacey!!! I love her! Very excited to get to see her. It makes my heart very happy to know that there are other people in Florida that I love and get to see when I visit.

My sister has already introduced me to two amazing things since I've arrived: yogurt covered pretzels that are PUMPKIN flavored, AND Shock-top beer that is pumpkin wheat flavored. She knows how to win my heart for sure. I love this time of year, spending time with family and eating and drinking all things pumpkin. I'm looking forward to eating and shopping and just being with them this week.

My God is very good to me. :)