At long last we have taken a real vacation - not that we haven't gone anywhere for the past 3 years, but this lasted more than a week and we had to fly and it was a long trip. Of course it was still business for Rex - he had to attend a seminar Thursday through Sunday, but we arrived the previous Saturday, so had Saturday pm through Wednesday with essentially no work to do (except for one little detail, I had to do payroll and some bookkeeping, and answer phone calls and emails, but not the usual 60-80 hrs per week.) An no one to plan around or for, just whatever we felt like. My birthday fell on the first Sunday (July 20), so Rex said it was my birthday week and he's done all the dishes and pretty much waited on me and catered to my every whim. Fun.
So the Podiatry conference is on Oahu, at the Honolulu Convention Center, and includes risk management training that reduces malpractice insurance, which made it an economical choice. Our idea a few years ago was to celebrate our 30th anniversary with a trip to Scotland, but that had to be postponed. This is warmer anyway, and we're having a great and relaxing time.
We decided to ignore the Waikiki scene as much as possible, and found a one bedroom apartment on the mellower and slower North Shore, in Waialua, so it's easy to get to and from Honolulu when we need to (about 45 minutes to most places). It's in a quiet residential neighborhood, a couple of short blocks from the ocean, at a county park with a playground, a reef protected beach, warm water, and great sunsets.
