Tapped?

I haven't written in a while because I'm kinda tapped out. I've stop-started a few posts (like the one I just deleted), had some ideas for things I wanted to babble idly about, but the world has been spinning so fast at work especially that every time I step off I want to collapse. I guess working 14 hour days will do that to you. But I shouldn't complain - could be worse.

We did take the kids on a vacation recently to a local lodge sponsored by the YMCA. It was actually very cool. More than I wanted to spend, but close and included all the stuff we wanted to do (kayaking, canoeing, swimming, horseback riding, pontooning and a few other things).

What was interesting (or maybe not) was that, despite having been to Disney World, the kids seemed to enjoy themselves a heck of a lot more at this place. But maybe that's not so surprising. There were other kids there to hang out with, the place had no televisions, so limited distractions, and more active stuff to do that didn't involve standing in a line, then looking at things.

It may also have helped that Rags kicked his dad's butt the first time he even attempted to play chess, then proceeded to repeat it over again, and then another couple of times only with checkers. Yeah, that was satisfying.