To Write Or Not To Write

Vacation; that magical word that everyone loves to dream about, but few really get to take advantage of, especially with today’s economy. Gasoline prices are still high enough that some families will settle for traveling to a spot within their own state. Others will simply not go anywhere. Well, we are going somewhere. We’re going on vacation. Not just a little two or three day jaunt to one of our state of Missouri’s landmark cities, but on a real, honest-to-goodness road trip! Oh, we’ve been on family trips before - Colorado, Minnesota, Georgia; but never the whole family. This time it’ll be all six of us! Together! All six of us…in one minivan…oh, boy, it’s gonna be a long trip. So, we leave Tuesday, and I have to go down my checklist. I have the power inverter purchased, AAA trip packet ordered (I can’t forget to pick that up Monday,) hotel reservations, house rented, a few choice dinner reservations made…what else? Oh, I CAN”T forget to mow the lawn before we leave. It’s...