So yeah, it’s been a long time since I blogged. I know, I know. I have been in a funk, and the holidays didn’t help. I didn’t decorate for Halloween, I didn’t decorate for Christmas, and for the first time since I was probably 12 I didn’t stay up till midnight on New Year’s Eve. I was in bed and asleep by 8:30!

Sadly, due to a lot of circumstances, there is no cruise or vacation happening this year. That is probably a big part of the reason I’m in a funk. To make things worse, John’s mother is sick and so far much of his time off has been devoted to taking care of her. We haven’t even been able to schedule time to go see “Star Wars,” it’s that bad. (Oh I saw it on my own on opening day of course!) On top of this, other family issues have him doing more at the farm during their down time. It’s basically like he’s still working 12 hours a day even when he’s off, so we have no down time to spend together.

There was talk about a 2-3 day short trip somewhere, but now that likely won’t happen because of his mother’s health and because my Spring semester starts shortly. We only have that 2 week window each year where we are both off and can get away for extended periods of time, and that window is closing. I at least have a few “investigations” planned over the next month or two with some friends, some over nights to Cape May as part of the investigations a friend and I do, and one investigation in June that will be a quick little getaway. Right now though, I’m basically waiting for it to hit John that he gets no vacation this year, and for him to blow a fuse over it. It won’t be pretty!