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It would have to be the first week of July or the last two weeks of December '07. Dorie is already booked for all but those dates. I know we're going someplace "warm" but where has yet to be determined.

We try to get to central america at least once a year. Believe it or not, it's actually a less expensive vacation than the states. We are always looking for places to semi-retire so we tend to have "working" vacations.

The last few days haven't been too bad, thank goodness. No shoveling snow...yet. Dorie's car is still in the shop so I've had shuttle duty on top of everything else.

What about you? And what's this going to work at 5 AM? I was thinking you were relaxing in your middle age down there in sunny F L A Doc Hey, you wanta Santa to send you some rocks? I understand there a bit hard to find for you 'Gators.

I logged on this morning and there wasn't a post yet in this section. Just as I was fixin' to type my lovely bride said, "It's time to go". Dang, just missed number 1 by a few minutes.


Brian

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I thought I'd take a part time job, and now I work a 10 hour day M-F.

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Yeah, I know what you mean. I thought I'd take a 40 hour a week job...that's considered part time at the factory where I work.

We looked at Costa Rica this past February. Too expensive. You know you're in the wrong part of Central America when you start seeing Coldwell-Banker signs instead of "por vende"

We haven't been to the Yucatan. Dorie and I both prefer the relative tranquility of the pacific side. A few years ago we looked at the Puerto Escondido area north of Huatulco (sp),
in southern Mexico. It was still too touristy for us, but the infrastructure was in place.

We're at the tail end of the baby boomers so the gray beards before us have already gotten the choice spots and driven the prices up. About the only thing left is non-coastal and areas with less than optimum governments and infrastructure. We're keeping an eye on what's happening in Nicaragua.

Dorie and I have been in Phoenix for the last 4 days arriving back home about an hour ago. Late Wednesday night our son-in-law was rushed to the emergency room. He had his first blood transfusion and hemodialysis about 1am Thursday morning. It's been non-stop with him since. Untreated hypertension (for years) led to complete renal failure among other things. He needs a transplant. His kidneys are useless. For now he is to have dialysis every 3 days with each session lasting between 3 and 4 hours. He's 22 years old.

If anyone reading this has on going high blood pressure TREAT IT! It's not something to f*#k around with. It's not called the Silent Killer for nothing. Ok I'm done, still a bit angry, but I'm done.

On the bright side, our first grandbaby came early. Kaiya was born Thursday night at 10:21. Mom, Dad and baby are fine.

Grandma and grandpa are exhausted.