Two Weeks Have Flown By

Maybe you all thought I needed a vacation from blogging. Maybe I did. But for sure, I hit a bunch of deadlines at work and we decided to take another mini-vacation. This time we went to Palm Springs. Well, actually it was Palm Desert. I can't decide if Palm Desert is the poor man's Palm Springs or the new and improved version of Palm Springs. It's probably a little of both.
Kyle got us a furnished model apartment for the five days and he and Laura got it all ready for us. And the best part was: it was free! Wow, do I love it when things are free! The weather wasn't all that cooperative. It rained for three out of the five days, but it was good for us to get away. To thank Laura and Kyle we took them to dinner at their favorite Mexican restaurant (La Tablita) and to the Palm Springs Follies. I know people who go out to the desert just to see that show. It's all senior citizens who used to perform in Vegas and on Broadway. It was really good. It was a little expensive too. You drove in a separate car. I always know that means you're going to bail out on me. And you did. You were having extreme diarrhea and intestinal cramping. So you made it only as far as the intermission. The kids and I stayed and enjoyed the rest of the performance. I wish there was a TKTS booth in Palm Springs. The tickets were expensive and there were a fair amount of empty seats.
We took two hikes: one was only a mile long and fairly flat; the other was longer and very, very vertical. Both wore me out and you kept up with me most of the time. We went on a bike ride with the kids but I wasn't able to find any sweet bike paths that went through golf courses. The bike paths are on the streets and you have to share them with golf carts. Yes, people drive their golf carts around town, to the market, on the streets, to shop, not just to golf. So our ride was disappointing. I don't enjoy sharing the road with cars. I could probably handle just the golf carts.
We came home on Tuesday evening. I was back in the saddle again on Wednesday for our minimum day. I had been thinking that my progress reports had to be turned in to the principal by Friday but when I got back I learned they weren't due until the following Tuesday. Knowing I had a three-day weekend to crank out the comments made it easier for me to cope but I still had a pile of work -----and testing----to do.