Summer Vacation....So Far

Well, school has been out now for 10 days. I have spent 6 of those 10 days with a head cold. This happened to me last year as well, however, this year I waited to get sick until the very last night of work, whereas last year, I called in sick 2 of the last days with kids. I hope this trend does not become tradition, but if the last 2 years are any indication, things aren't looking so great for me. Mark is starting his second week of driver's ed. instruction but will be done this week.
Despite a head cold and driver's ed. we've managed to get in an awesome weekend getaway. Saturday night was my birthday and on Friday we drove down to Ashland for the Shakespearean festival. Mark bought us tickets to see A Midsummer's Night Dream and we spent the night there. I had never been to a Shakespearean festival before and, shock of all shocks, neither had Mark! Our weekend was amazing and the play exceeded our expectations. I knew I would enjoy myself but I was a bit worried about Mark nodding off in the middle of the production. To my delight, he not only remained awake the whole time, but enjoyed himself as well! He spoiled me rotten the entire time we were there and made me feel like the most important woman on earth.


If you know Mark or I very well, you know that we love to try new restaurants and we found a couple of great ones in Ashland. If you go, we recommend the following:
http://www.ashlandbistrocafe.com/
http://www.theblacksheep.com/enter.html


Both had great food and entertaining atmospheres. We also found some eclectic shops and purchased a few souvenirs. We did not rush to get home on Saturday and took several detours along the way. We stopped in Medford and went shopping (I found the mother of all scrapbooking stores), then drove to Jacksonville. We ate lunch in Jacksonville (found another great restaurant: http://www.jacksonvilleinn.com/rest.htm), and wandered the town. Taking pictures is a hobby of ours (hence the need for a scrapbooking store) and we took plenty of them on this getaway.


After Jacksonville, we went to the Oregon Vortex and learned about this unique phenomenon, and so can you at http://www.oregonvortex.com/





All in all our overnighter in Ashland was extraordinary, and turning 29 has proven to be the most promising year of my 20's (so far).