Define "vacation"

I had dreams of taking off all of last week and the first three days of this week.  Except

• I was delayed in calling references and interviewing candidates for a staff position at my place.  Worked Mon-Wed last week doing interviews and made the recommendation before I left on Wed.
• Thursday was spent cleaning the house and grocery shopping because...
• The hubster had surgery on Friday...
• And Saturday and Sunday were spent knitting, picking up, cooking, tending to, fetching ice packs, frozen peas, etc. for the hubster.  He was a much better patient than I expected, which was good because...
• Monday I had a meeting in Columbia MO.  I met my carpool at 6:45am, and got back home at 7:10pm, then
• Tuesday the hubster worked half a day, then collapsed at home the rest of the day.  I spent Tuesday working on cleaning up my mess of a sewing room, writing up procedures (work), catching up on e-mail (work), and cleaning the family room basement (different kind of work-- mostly hot and sweaty).  I also verified that we need to buy a new vacuum cleaner.  Recommendations?
• Wednesday.  Sigh.  The hubster stayed home.  I finished cleaning up my sewing room, actually mended some items and sewed on buttons, ironed the last of the church linens I need to return, and packed up stuff to take to work tomorrow.  Must finish some documentation tonight too.

I need a vacation.  How about a vacation in a place where there is no phone, no e-mail, no internet and some sweet thing to bring me drinks, fresh towels for post-swim, and I can pass my time knitting, reading trashy novels and listening to the ocean?

Comments

[PlazaJen]

I went and looked at FunJet, just to pretend I was going on an all-inclusive vacation, as described above. Sigh.

Consumer Reports loves Eureka's "The Boss" and one of those enormous Hoover Wind Tunnel things. We can chat more about specific models if you want....

[Andrew]

My brother and sister-in-law just got a Boss and love it, so thumbs up from them.

[Rustee]

You need a vacation from your vacation, dear friend. :)

[Carl V.]

Yep, sounds like a typical vacation! ;) Sorry it was more work-filled than you hoped.

Hope you husband is recovering well from his surgery!