vacation

Dylan,

We're off on our much-anticipated vacation. I say "much-anticipated" because we inadvertently managed to build up your expectations so much that by Tuesday of last week you were reminding us when we drove places in the car that any non-vacation destination just wasn't going to be viewed as acceptable. "I wanna go on vacation, I wanna go on vacation, I wanna go on vacation" we were cordially -- and sometimes quite loudly -- informed.

We drove several hours to finally get here (your first long car-trip, by the way, and you did so very well we didn't even break out the portable DVD player we borrowed) and your focus never changed.

After we finally arrived, you and I took a long and leisurely walk to the beach while Mom headed to the store for a few things.

We're off to a good start.

Dad