R&R

Rest. Relaxation.

The Assemblies of God in Illinois give their peeps 2 free nights at two of their campground/retreat facilities. We're choosing the more rustic option. It's not the Holiday Inn, but it is a great get-a-way that costs....nothing (for lodging).

So, tomorrow at noon we're dropping off the two older boys at the grandparents' house and heading out with the newborn for two days of rest.

Now, rest doesn't mean more sleep. It means less stress. We are joining up with some good friends (Barths) and plan on playing Settlers late into the night!

We're looking forward to a little down time.

Hoping to:

• Play Settlers a lot. (it's like crack!)
• Drink a lot of coffee.
• Read.
• Take my wife out to dinner at one of her favorite restaurants.
• Not worry about work, people, stuff.
• talk to Joy about anything besides work and why our boys are fighting.
  

A 12-hour vacation

Everyone needs a vacation from time to time to relax, refresh, and rethink. However, in our stage of life with a brand new baby at home, taking off for a week away in the Caribbean isn't going to happen any time soon.

Nonetheless, we still need that time of refreshing. Thursday was like putting batteries on a quick charger. In 12 hours, I felt like we left the universe and landed on Planet Peace and Tranquility.

It started with a simple drive one hour out of town. We stopped by some friends' house for a few hours of conversation and baby talk, we went to a cool used furniture store (Owned by Habitat for Humanity)  and looked around. We bought a charming bookshelf for our boys room. ($20) We headed to a Kofusion, an eccentric steak and sushi restaurant where we had a gift card.  We ate sushi, steak and salmon and talked about life. We then headed to a mall and casually trolled it for bargains. Then we ended our stay in Champaign with a 2-hour layover at Barnes and Noble, drinking coffee and reading magazines. (I love Print Magazine.) Then we drove home, headed to our basement, and watched two episodes of 24: Season 6.  (In Jack Bauer's voice:  The following took place between 1 p.m. and 1 a.m.)

What a great 12 hour vacation.   

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