California Vacation - Part 4 Of A Day-by-day Diary
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How can someone who works from home ever be off work unless they leave home? That's what this 2-week vacation is all about. I've been way too stressed lately and I came here to the burning heat of the desert to get some rest and relaxation. How can I relax if I'm worried about what's going on in Cyber land and at home? Home. Ugh! The remodeling of our kitchen is underway and we have things torn out everywhere, but we had to have a vacation first. In one way it is good to get away from the mess, but here I sit thinking about what I could be accomplishing if I were home.
It was with great perseverance, begging, threatening and finally crying that I persuaded my husband, Randy, to let me bring the laptop along on this vacation. I reminded him of what happened last time I went for days without my daily fix of email and Internet. It was worse than caffeine withdrawal. He agreed I should take it, but that I would limit my time on the computer (especially the Internet) to twice per week for no more than one hour. I had my fingers crossed behind my back when I agreed to abide by his rules.
On Monday, Randy had his first of four golf lessons with professional golf instructor, Steve Cripps. The first thing Steve told him was that he was holding the club too tightly. I wondered how he could hold it at all. He acquired a deep and nasty flesh wound the week before we left for vacation. A remodeling hazard occurred when he tripped over the refrigerator cord that he left plugged in when he pulled it away from the wall. He was holding a hammer in his hand when he fell and hit hands first on the floor coated with sheetrock sanding powder, sawdust, debris, and dog hair. The claw dug in deeply and made a horrendous V-shaped gash about 1.5 inches long. I drove him to the emergency room where he received a dozen stitches in the palm of his left hand. Let that serve as a warning to amateur handymen everywhere: Unplug appliances when leaving them away from the wall. Duh!
It was a lazy