Week of Paid Vacation: July 29 to Aug. 4

I took my second week of paid vacation from Acme in 2012 from July 29 to Aug. 4.  Overall, it was a good productive week with a few lowpoints and really hot weather.

The first two days I spent with Scott since he was off work.  On Sunday, I went to church and after eating lunch with Scott, we went to Tuscora Park to play catch with my new football.  On Monday, Scott and I went to Best Buy and I bought the camera and equipment that I would need for my fall class, Broadcast Beat Reporting.  We met again in the evening, this time with his brother Mark and our retired minister, Father Tarsis.  I spent Tuesday getting an oil change, cleaning and waxing my car, and working around the yard and house getting it cleaned up.  I sent a message to Cousin Ginny and called Aunt Helen to find out some more info I would need to get ready for the trip I was going to make with Dad to visit the old family sites in southern OH/WV/KY.

On Wednesday, I met with Adam for the first time in several months.  He was busy for a while and since he was now between jobs, we headed up to Cedar Point.  We rode several rides and watched a couple of rock music shows, in additon to having lunch.  On the way back, we stopped at Friendly's in Montrose.  Unfortantly, when I got home I found out Uncle Larry died earlier in the day.  Dad and I had to cancel our trip, which was kind of ironic because the next day I found out my tie rod (which controls the steering of the tire) was busted.  I took it to Eagon to get it fixed and came home to do some cleaning in my room and ran a few errands.  On Friday, I painted the living room closet and met with Cousins Elaine and Ron at their home with Aunt Edna.  We had dinner, played cards, and stopped to check out the LaFlavor concert at Lake Anna. 

On Saturday, Mom and I met Aunt Kathy and Cousin Nikki for lunch at Hookline and Drinkers since Nikki was visiting from Maryland.  When I got home I worked on some family tree information for a while since the weather outside was too muggy to do anything else.  On Sunday, St. Andrew's welcomed its new minister, Dr. Michael Petrochuk, for his first service as deacon-in-charge.  He was very enthusiastic and I think it will serve St. Andrew's well.  I'll write a separate blog about Uncle Larry's services on Sunday and Monday, before I returned to work at 4 p.m. on Monday.