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Vacation 1.0: Corolla, NC (Outer Banks)

Leaving Boston at midnight for the 11 hour drive to North Carolina proved to be a wise move. Stopping only for fuel and restrooms we arrived at the beach ready for action. The house we rented was huge and the beach was beautiful yet our time there was to be short-lived with Hurricane Isabel looming on the horizon. The mandatory evacuation was ordered on Tuesday and we started making contingency plans to salvage what remained of our week off.

The group we had in NC seemed large and unwieldy and there were some differing opinions about how the vacation was to be spent. It was new for me, having missed last year's vacation, with new people and new activities. Not everyone was reading from the same page of the "vacation guide." When the evacuation took place, people departed in generally different directions, with some heading to NYC, some to Connecticut and some back to Boston to spend the balance of the week.

Vacation 2.0: Candlewood Lake, CT

Our slimmed-down group of revelers settled at the rustic "Lake House" and life slowed to a near standstill for the next three days. We drank; we sunned on the dock; we went for exhilarating trips on the Laser. Talk ranged from sociology, psychology, and relationships to business, finance, work and play.

This vacation has and will continue to prove pivotal in my life. Patterns have been recognized and games have been played; motivations and agendas have been displayed. I am now more able to understand who's purposes are being served by the things I see happen around me.

As I sit now, back in Boston, preparing myself for a new job, I can move ahead confident that I am turning the page and starting a new chapter.