HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? (#13) / JUST A SPOONFUL OF FRIENDSHIP TAKES THE BLUES AWAY

OK, it's been two weeks since my last HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? post. I hope you're ready for me to start'em up again.

So let's pour the coals to it and get started with this week's question. Since we are in the midst of summer vacation time, I thought I would throw this one at you...
How do you like to take your vacations ~ short but action-packed, long and leisurely, or the best of these two 'worlds?'

Hmmm! For me, the length of the vacation I enjoy is determined by the location I am going. I have to say that overall a 10 day vacation is just about right for me. My vacation needs to have a certain amount of stimuli (oh yah baby - action-packed! ;-)) but it has to have a balance of leisure thrown in there. The only type of vacation that I can handle beyond 10 days is one where I am going abroad to a foreign country...for two reasons, an opportunity to get acclimated after a long tiresome flight and generally because of the abundance of history in a location.

So as always, fess up. Lay out those details for us to read.

PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SORTED LIVES, OFFICIALLY.

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JUST A SPOONFUL OF FRIENDSHIP TAKES THE BLUES AWAY

Yesterday started off blahsay given the reminence of the family vacation circumstance but it fast away with my BART ride into the city to visit with one good friend and to establish another. As I had blogged about earlier, I met up with Rob from Roblog. As I have mentioned before, Rob blogs too and he and I met up back in December for the first time. Since then I have come to value his friendship immensely. He truly is a most genuine spirit. We visited over lunch for about an 1 1/2 hours before he had to hustle back to work. The poor guy has had a string of bad luck with injuries during workout sessions. And guess what...he injured himself yesterday morning before seeing me. Rob, I wish you a speedy recovery and some sort of definitive response as to why this has been happening with some frequency.

After my visit I decided to take up an invite from the Untraveled Travel Guy who works nearby the location Rob and I had lunch. This was my first time meeting him. UTG is another genuine, well-spoken, approachable guy and I am so glad I made the effort to meet up with him. I see yet another friendship evolving. UTG blogs but perhaps with a bit more infrequency for now due to his hectic work schedule. If you have a chance, do stop by his blog, read a bit, and say hi. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. UTG, great seeing you yesterday.

So that does it for today. Wow, two posts for one day. I am definitely back and loving it.