Ahhh…. vacation. If Webster’s had a NEW, NEW, NEW dictionary, the word vacation would appear something like this:

Main Entry:

¹va·ca·tion

Pronunciation:

\vÄ?-ˈkÄ?-shÉ™n, vÉ™-\

Function:

noun

Usage:

often attributive

Etymology:

Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from Latin vacation-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare

Date:

14th century

1: a respite or a time of respite from something… that includes a computer, a cell phone that allows for 24-hour e-mail access and a couple of songs mixed in with the PDF attachments.

Vacation has become to most business people a cross between a working lunch (in a great location) to a working lunch (where your friends and family yell at you to chill out for a moment and enjoy what’s happening around you for once). It’ll always feel like the world is moving faster, just because you are trying to move slower. That’s always the way, isn’t it? We’re not built of the ilk of a Spaniard who understands, appreciates and even embraces a moment away from the work to enjoy culture, beauty, art and fantastic food.

I leave the clients in the very capable hands of their contacts within the company and I trust the bank to not let those scoundrels who so recently infiltrated my otherwise  false blanket of security (long, long story) into my hard-earned finances. I trust the plane to take me to my destination and land in a place I actually decided upon without any sort of worry that the rental car will be there when I arrive.

I pray for the people, the children, the pets and the families of all those affected by the raging California wildfires and I hold hope that the nation will pull together and help in any way they can.

See you soon.