Vacation's Not Over Yet! At least not for Mom and Dad!

We got home from vacation around Monday at noon. My mom had the house cleaned, food cooked, and animals fed and happy. It was AMAZING to walk into that. (THANKS MOM)

We took the rest of the day Monday to decompress, do a shit ton of laundry, and just you know, get back into life a little bit. 

The girls were spending the night at my mom's house Tuesday and Wednesday nights, one because my mom freaking missed them, and two because Steve and I were going to enjoy a couple of days without kids. 

We borrowed the Jet Ski and got to go on a day date and spend some time on our lake.

Having lived in this town and near the lake for almost 7 years...we were a bit surprised at ourselves for not having been on our lake together before. 

Lake view of The Lakehouse hotel. Super cute boutique hotel. 

We got caught in a storm, but when it passed, it turned into a beautiful afternoon/evening. 

We decided to stop for a soft-serve ice cream at this super cute little mom-and-pop ice cream stand. 

It was a lovely day, spent with the one I love. We were also preparing ourselves for the carnage that is known as Blow Off Day.

Blow Off Day is always the Wednesday after July 4th, for all the restaurant workers and staff who had to work over the holiday weekend. It has just gotten bigger and bigger over the years.

Rich has asked me to go several times, but always the day of (IE: why they call it "blow off" day) but I could never do it. I just didn't think I could pull it off.

But this year? I planned on it.

And we were so excited about it.

And then Rich's boat broke. 

BUT, we ended up making other plans and brought the Jet Ski with us.

People arrived at our friend's house at the Point at like 9am. We were drinking by 10am.

Boats starting lining up pretty much as soon as we got there. 

His name is Blanco

Dope fucking fire pit in his garage. To the left of this pic are 3 Harley's parked on the marble floor.

#mytwoboys

Her name is Nauti

Pic taken from inside the boathouse.

Here we go!

my Pot Leaf pasties are peeking out lol

This was AFTER my two-hour nap on the boat. I woke up alone, came back up to the house and Rich told me his wife was coming. Made my day! Love this girl. 

I'm so grateful that I thought ahead and took the following morning off of work. I have a post-op appointment at 11am and then I logged into work in the afternoon. It was NOT busy so I did a lot of catching up of emails and following up with people. 

Vacation is now officially over. Sigh. It always goes too fast.

The next time I take a few days off is when my DAD COMES TO VISIT! YAY! He'll be here the first two weeks in August. 

Then I'm taking a few days off after Labor Day. Maybe I'll get lucky again and be on a boat.