Running Away

I spent 40 minutes writing a post on the 99% movement - but it was lost - deleted accidentally when the palm of my hand hit my built in mouse pad and deleted - and then auto save kicked in at the same time and saved 'the blank'.

So I will recreate that post eventually - hopefully this weekend. I have a lot on my mind about our economy and I want to get some of it on paper.

Do you watch The Middle? We love it. This week, Frankie ran away from home. She got fed up with her family's demands and idiosyncrasies so she packed a bag and left. Spent a couple nights at her mom's, drinking too much. I'm not 'fed up' at all with the men in my life - love them all to pieces. I really do. I can't go to my mom's house and hide out. And we don't use chemicals to deal with issues in our home. I might have a Newcastle brown ale in a minute - but it's Friday and I'm winding down. One won't be an 'escape'. It will be a refreshing beverage. But I need a break. So....

I am running away from home tomorrow. Don't worry - J. and the boys know. I am heading to a casino a couple hours away and spending a night away from home. I was hesitant at first - we shouldn't spend the money, so much to do at home, etc. And then I started to get excited about it. So I'm going. J. and the boys will hold down the fort here - and I'm going to relax. Really relax!

I'm really looking forward to it. My boss asked me to 'add' something to the board meeting prep I had finished - and I kindly said 'of course; however, I won't get it done until Monday - so it won't be in the packets this afternoon'. And that was totally OK. It was a last minute 'add' and I said 'I am not working this weekend - I am not even home this weekend!' Yeah me!! I felt liberated just saying 'sure, but not today. And not this weekend'. Revolutionary, for me.

I can't wait. It's somewhere I've never been before so it makes the adventure even more fun - an adventure just for me.

More later - hopefully from my hotel room. And hopefully to announce that I've won a huge jackpot! Oh, to dream....