Fun....

Well, it's July now, still early in the summer, but before too much longer we'll be facing the oppressive, over-bearing heat and humidity of middle and late summer, and then it won't be so much fun any more.

Maryanne and I were on vacation for most of this last week. We had originally planned to go to Mexico, but it was going to be at least $1,000 for both of us to go, so we decided not to. We had looked in to going up to the Apostle Islands on the Lake Superior shore, but hit some snags there, as well. Finally, we ended up going to Door County because my aunt and uncle were going to be visiting there. Maryanne didn't think it was much of a vacation for me, since I helped with some projects that needed to be done. She sometimes doesn't understand that some of those projects are actually fun for me.

We were able to do a bit of the tourist thing while we were up there, though. Monday afternoon we did some shopping up north. Not too bad of a day for it, though it was one of the hottest days of the summer. We stopped at Not Licked Yet in Fish Creek for some frozen custard, and it was probably the smartest thing we did all weekend. You had to eat fast, though, as the custard was melting pretty fast. Things weren't nearly as busy as I thought they would be. I don't know if it was because it was a Monday, or because gas prices are so high, or any other reason or combination of reasons.

I signed up to work today, thinking it would be a slow day; so far it hasn't been any different from any other Saturday. I brought in the next book for my reading pleasure, though I've yet to open it: it's going to be A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. My particular copy is the Reader's Digest hardcover edition, with illustrations by Phiz.