Week of Paid Vacation: May 6 to 12

I took my first week of paid vacation from Acme in 2012 from May 6 to 12.  Overall, I had a fun and productive week.

On Sunday, I went to church in the morning before meeting Scott, his brother Mark, and Father Tarsis at the Magic City Fastlane for a few games of bowling.  On Monday, I spent the day cleaning up around the house.  I took some old magazines to the Barberton Middle School to donate to my former art teacher Mr. Reichenbach.  He will use them for collage project in his classes, which is better than me throwing them out with the trash.

On Tuesday, I met Scott at Tuscora Park to play catch, something I hadn't done in quite some time.  Afterwards, we got ice cream from the Magic Freeze.  On Wednesday, I visited Aunt Kathy before spending time w/ Mom's cousins (the Boldrys and Bob) and Aunt Edna at the Boldry home.  I learned how to shoot a pellet gun and played pool.  On Thursday, Scott and I went to two museums in Canton.  The first was the Hoover Historic Center (vaccum company) and the Blue Majesty Boat Museum.  The second museum was especially fascinating because there were numerous hand made model ships made from abstract woods from all over the world.  We met the man who made the ships, who has been doing so as a hobby for over 35 years.

On Friday, Scott and I went to Kirtland (Geauga County) to visit a Morman settlement from the early 1800s.  I never realized the Mormans settled so close to where I lived before going to Utah.  We stopped for lunch at Quaker State before heading home.  On Saturday, I went to the Cherry Blossom Parade and met cousins Elaine, Sarah, Evan, Jillian, and Jackson.  I ran into some old high school acquantances while there.  I went home and cleaned the three family cars for a while before heading to a 30th birthday party for Matt D's sister, Lauren.  I saw a lot of old and new faces there, not realizing how many people I knew were related to each other.