The DH and I had a wonderful surprise today. A friend of his just bought a boat and took us along on a ride. Is there anything better than a friend with a boat?We had the pup along for what we thought was just a walk at the riverside park; before we knew it, we were cruising up the river to where it meets Sandy Hook Bay. We had a nice lunch dockside at a restaurant on the bay - and Luka even behaved himself pretty well! I only wish I'd had my camera along to be able to share a pic of him with his big ears flapping in the wind on the boat.
It was a great start to the long Labor Day weekend. The views were lovely and we had fun! I grabbed this pic off the internet, but it shows one of the views we had along the way - Twin Lights - which I wrote a bit about in this post.
I'm going to try very hard to get back to something like a regular blogging schedule soon. I'm finished with that god-awful training at work finally, and hope to be able to pay more attention to things now. I did very well on the tests and have a new position where I'll need to forget everything I've just been trained in and learn something new. But there won't be a gazillion tests this time! Two in our group of seven did not pass and are out of a job now. That really sucks. I felt so badly on Friday when we got the news.
So how is everyone else spending this last weekend of summer? Share, please!
11 comments:
Glad you can enjoy the long weekend knowing you successfully finished your training. But every job consists of ongoing learning and change. Congratulations!
Sounds like your weekend is off to a great start! Not having the training to worry about is a great quality-of-life enhancer. That's unfortunate about the people who didn't pass, though. I hope they find something else quickly. Sometimes these things are a blessing, but they rarely seem so at the time.
Congrats, Laura. That's awesome! Your surprise boat trip sounds awesome too!
How am I spending the last weekend of summer? Work, work and work!
Oh well, I DID get my registration flyer for Cape May! Hooray!!
Congrats on doing so well on your exams. I'm glad it went well. We missed you around here.
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As a boat owner, let me congratulate you on your wisdom. It is better to have a friend with a boat! That whole "hole in the water into which one pours money" is quite true.
Luka must have loved it.
Congratulations on your new job, Laura. I know these last few weeks, have been stressful for you.
So Luka is a good sea dog! I wonder why dogs love to ride in cars and boats so much?
We are just taking it easy this long weekend. I plan on spending some in the garden tomorrow to take advantage of our beautiful weather.
I'm glad to hear you finished your training - not surprised you did well. Sad for those who didn't :o/
I've been lazy with blogging, too, Laura.
We'll get it back soon.
Spending the weekend enjoying some cooler temps. That's all.
Celebrating BIL's BD and clearing the garden out- it was a real bummer this year- the heat I guess.
I'm spending the last weekend of summer excitedly panticipating Fall-Oh boy do I love Fall!
Congratulations, Laura! It must be so good to have that behind you.
Yes - a friend with a boat is a very good thing.
Weekend is over. Did an outside movie with neighbors and photographed bugs under rocks:;0)
I'm with Larry--I'm all geeked-up about the coming autumn! I spent my weekend outside, cleaning feeders and bird baths, enjoying the cool weather and sunshine, and studying like mad to understand this whole calculus thing.
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