Vacation school

I don't think you guys understand, I'm serious about the goat.

On Friday I booked two weeks off of work--the last week of August and the first week of September. This is the longest amount of time off I've ever taken.

Lisa and I were discussing her vacation plans the night before when I told her that I had just recently discovered I still had my full three weeks of vacation to use up this year, as I'd only used the three days I carried over from last year so far.

"I just don't know how to take time off without having a place to go," I told her. "The last time I did that I just ended up calling my mom a lot."

That's when Lisa told me she would teach me how to go on vacation without actually going anywhere. Lisa has the last two weeks of August off, so from August 25-29 we are going to do all the things that ladies of leisure do, like sleeping in and meeting for coffee, followed by pedicures, followed by lunch, followed by shopping. We were watching the episode of Sex & The City where Carrie just got engaged to Aiden and Miranda suggests that they both go try on wedding dresses at some gaudy dress shop.

"We should do that!" Lisa said.

So also as part of my vacation, we are going to pretend that we are engaged to be married and have horrible fashion taste. Bring on the butt bows.

I'm not sure what I'll find myself doing for week two, but once Lisa teaches me the ropes I figure I'll be able to manage okay on my own.