So many things to possibly do with the kids over the last few days. We've made choices based upon which kid had more time or opportunity to do the thing again. We briefly visited the Pike Place Market on Saturday, but because my son who is living in downtown has been there a lot, we walked over to a wonderful old seafood restaurant (Ivar's) and then up to look at Pioneer Square. He wants to take the underground tour, and now he knows where it starts. Today I took my daughter back to Pike Place and we fought the crowds for a while (horrible!) and then walked away from that and headed out to my brother's house. We visit a couple of old friends tomorrow. We bought peaches (washed and cut up) and ate them right there. Mmmmmm!

Work is still there, but for this few days it is in the background. Getting away has been crucial to putting the office environment into perspective. It has been tough and hasn't been fair, and I'll keep working on that. But I've been able to focus elsewhere for a while, reminding me that I need to let myself focus on other things regularly.

I haven't been doing my alternate day fasting on vacation, but I haven't gone crazy with the eating either. When I get home I can go back to that and losing the last 20 pounds. I'm glad I'd made it this far before I came home because I felt good about how I was looking in all of those family photos.

SRS