July 4th, 2014 – Day #1 of sabbatical for me (and the end of the 3rd week for Adam)…and what’s a better way to celebrate this 6 month long vacation than with fireworks! Independence Day had a different meaning this year. We celebrated in DC, seeing the best fireworks show I’d ever seen before.

It didn’t feel real that I wouldn’t be going back to work in a couple days….for the next half a year!  When was the last time I didn’t have to do any work or go to school for 6 months at a time? Summer breaks for school and college are only 3-4 months, and I started working full time right out of college, so that means it had to have been when I was…..4? Possibly younger? wow!  Guess this really is an opportunity of a lifetime!  Until retirement, that is…

Hope everyone had a happy 4th!

~S