the vacation kind of tailed off toward the end of the week which means that we did a lot of sitting around watching movies and shows.  we also finished up some of the landscaping work around the house, but there is of course always more to do.  sadly enough, i have to say the best part of our vacation was a gift we received from our neighbors (who also happen to be the parents of our good friends gwen and gary).  they had a nice tv that had a red line down the left side of the screen and had already upgraded their own tv so they wanted to get rid of this broken tv.  turns out the red line is only noticable on a black screen, so viewing isn’t effected at all.  so we had a new toy to play with which is always nice.  i don’t know if that actually beat the rest and relaxation that we gained from the week.  i feel ready to head into the new week and new trimester at school.