Long Beach Island: Days 1 & 2

Wow...so much has happened in the past month. Ginger has been growing like a weed (a very cute weed, of course...I'll have to post new pictures soon), we've now been in the new apartment for about a month, work has been crazy, and we've finally arrived at the Long Beach Island I thought would never come. Yesterday my dad, his wife Lisa, my sister Hillary, Shane and I set off in a Volkswagen caravan (Lisa's Passat...I think...wagon and my little Jetta) and approximately 6 ridiculously hot hours later, we were there. Here is a real life picture of the dash in my car at one of the hottest points yesterday...


That right...109. 109?!? I thought I was going to die. But, fortunately, I made it through the day and now here we are...sitting inside waiting for the inevitable thunderstorm that's going to come. Well...that doesn't sound very good...but believe me, it's heaven. I'm at the beginning of a whole week of nothing but relaxation and I'm going to savor every single moment. There will be much book-reading and nap-taking and, while just about everyone else in the house is planning an exercising regularly this week, I plan on doing no such thing. Ahhhh...this is the life!

And while I claimed I was going to blog every day like I usually do while I'm on vacation, I don't think I'm going to do that either. So I apologize to anyone who was looking forward to my exciting daily entires about how we sat on the beach, ate some food, then sat on the beach some more, but I'm going to take this relaxation thing very seriously. I'll try to snap some pics and maybe post a summary entry at the end of the week. Maybe. HA! This is going to be awesome. Week o' relaxation, here I come! Don't be too jealous. ;)