vacation sum up

This past week has been the bees' knees!

Sleeping late and being at ease Saturday through Wednesday.... got errands done without pressure, did cooking projects without pressure... we even got pedicures!
( I think I mentioned that in my last post?)

We took bike rides, and we did a little work in the yard, and we took walks.  Those first 5 days passed BLISSFULLY slowly.

I actually relaxed, and laughed, and felt like myself for a while!!!  Ahhhh......

Wednesday, I got an email from the potential job.  I called, and they said that they were sorry, but I still have to fill out the official paperwork for the job app, and the back ground check.

Since their office flooded with those storms that knocked out our power, and they've been experiencing some chaos as a result, I could forgive that.

So, after our pedicures, I went over there in my flip flops and tie dye, and filled out the forms.

She said it would be at least 5 days for the background and credit checks.  Yes, they do credit checks now as part of pre employment screening.

What the fuck?  But it's the norm these days.

She said, and I quote, "I'd like to make you an offer, but I can't until you get through the checks."

So...that was good news.  It caused me some anxiety on Wednesday, but I got over it.

Anyway, all in all, Saturday through Wednesday were LOVELY!!!

I love a good staycation.

Then, Thursday (here's the part I didn't want to post about until it was over....not good to advertise that you're going out of town!), we headed up to Kansas City and Independence, MO for a meet up with my sister, brother in law, and some of his family.

I was really surprised at how pretty northern OK and Kansas are!  There was a stretch of the trip that was absolutely gorgeous.... just the highway, pastures, and the sky.  No billboards, no utility poles, no buildings...just green, rolling hills.

Anyway, the meetup was a good time!  We stayed at a quirky little hotel that used to be an office building with a fall out shelter!  It was located right across the street from Harry and Bess Truman's house.  How cool is that?

That was all a pleasant surprise for me, because I had no idea we were staying in Independence, and I further did not remember that Mr. President called that his home town!

So that was a big bonus!  I wish I could have told my Grandma about it...she was a HUGE Harry Truman supporter and fan, being a regular gal herself.

Did you know he had no college education?  He was just a regular joe, who ended up in the white house.  It's no wonder she loved him.

We did a little bit of the walking tour in our "neighborhood," which was so nice and quiet, and we explored the old downtown of Independence.  Such a cute town!  We loved it!

Even stopped at the soda fountain in the place that used to be the drug store where Harry Truman worked his first job as a teen.  It's not the old fashioned drug store anymore, but it DOES still have the original soda fountain!

We also spent lots of time with my sister and brother in law and his relations.  Ate some rather disappointing barbecue at a couple of different places (either I just don't like KC style bbq, or we never found the good stuff), went to a Kansas City Royals baseball game against the Chicago White Sox.  It was a pathetic game.

And I'm a Cubs fan...I KNOW FROM PATHETIC!!

Of course, the White Sox fans among us thought the game was GREAT!  *roll eyes*

Toured the Boulevard Brewing Company factory.  We can buy Boulevard beers in OKC, but apparently, it's not available back home.  That was fun, and pretty interesting!

Took a tour of the Truman house, and saw the Truman library, before we met up for good byes on Saturday.

On the way home, we stopped at a winery we had seen signs for in Kansas.  Got some traditional elderberry wine, some rose`, and some absolutely fabulous elderberry mead!!

We took our time coming home, and got in around 9 pm Saturday.  I did the laundry last night to get it over with, and soaked in a nice bath before bed.

Then, despite having to get up a couple of times in the night, I slept SO WELL in my own bed!!

All in all, it was only one full day there, with the addition of Thursday night, and Saturday morning.

Not enough time, that's for sure.  But lots of fun packed into the time we DID have.

Today's finale to our 9 days of vacation?  Grocery shopping, and just hanging around the house.   I cooked up some breakfast items for the week, and since I took time during the week off to stock up for lunches, that was all I HAD to get done today.

It's 8 pm on the last day....for me, this is a very sad feeling, since I really hate my job, and hate to have to go back...but I have a little ray of hope, at least.....maybe I'll get a new job offer before this next week is over.

Maybe.