Patty and the girls went to the coast this past weekend but I didn’t go with them. I have plenty of vacation days remaining but I’m not allowed to use any of them during sweeps, and it would be pointless to spend 4 ½ hours driving to the coast on Saturday, only to have to turn right around and drive back 4 ½ hours the very next day – especially with a baby. So I stayed home so that they could all stay at the beach longer.
They all went with her twin sister and her family to Sunset Beach, NC. The 4 ½ hour trek there ended up taking 9, and Patty and Darah came back yesterday having never actually seen the beach. Maegan stayed behind with her aunt, uncle, and cousins and should be back tomorrow. While she was away she turned 9 years old, which marks the first time that I wasn’t with her on her birthday.
Wow, even during July sweeps? That’s pretty strict! We have that policy for November, February and May but they let it slide in July.
But maybe your July book has more value than ours. Because it’s colder here the rest of the year, the numbers always take a big dive in the summer when people are out enjoying the warm weather or away on vacation. So no one really puts any stock in the July book.