I recorded over two and a half inches of rain yesterday as a result of Tropical Storm Gaston. Pretty impressive amount. Now let’s see if Frances behaves herself.

One last thing before I turn in. Can somebody tell me why I’m not a kewl kid if I don’t have a Gmail account?

My brain is frying, both literally and figuratively. Fever of 101.4 degrees. The shorts and short-sleeved shirt gave way to warmup pants and flannel. Dinner was soup. Quite tasty, considering. And I’ve been in the habit today of staring into space and enjoying it.

Nevertheless, my body seems to be on the mend. I predict a restful night of sleep, much needed since the last good night I had was three nights ago.

Also, Hallie has picked it up. We were wrong about her having it first. That means no preschool for her on Thursday. Bummer.

I’m gonna crawl into bed and see if my world will be righted in the morning.

I don’t have to worry about gaining weight from vacation overeating…

A restless night. Kelly and I have been laid low by some kind of stomach bug. Probably the same one that affected Hallie and my dad earlier this week. The good news is they rebounded rather quickly. The bad news is we haven’t gotten there yet. 🙁

Breakfast was a couple of bites of oatmeal and some yogurt. Lunch (if there is one) will be similarly spartan. Whee.

We made it back from the beach (not that we really wanted to) around 3PM. Some unpacking has been done, but we’re mostly chilling. Man, that’s a long trip.

Kelly hasn’t been feeling well at all since last night and I’m not too stable, either. I’ve got intermittent chills, too, which makes me think fever.

Actually, I think I’m subconsciously digging my heels at the thought of going back to work. Unfortunately for me, there are no sick days in my current business plan. Crum.

My blogging idol Doc Searls will be speaking at UNC on September 7th on “The Independence Revolution: How self-informing markets are changing business, technology, politics and everything else.” I plan to take some time to hear him speak, but I especially look forward to picking his brain about where things are going. He has plenty of ideas on media and markets which I seemed to have co-opted.

Tomorrow we hit the road for the long trip back to the Carolinas. It has been a fun week here in Panama City Beach. Quite a precious time for Hallie, too, who’s already chanting “come back, come back” every time we mention leaving.

Already, I’m thinking of what this place might be like in the offseason, a pipe dream since we’ll certainly have our hands full this fall and winter.

For the first real vacation we’ve taken in three years, it has lived up to its billing. Shows me how much fun we’re missing by not doing this more often. Every year, we should take a vacation … somewhere!

I copied another batch of vacation pictures up to the gallery, including a couple of great group shots. Also, there are a few good shots of our expanding family.
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