If you happen to live in Northern New Jersey and read The Record, our daily newspaper, you may have seen the headline which read "4 North Jersey Dog Groomers win Power Ball".

It wasn't us!

Now that we have that cleared up I guess I can get back to the rest of my day.
I have not had bus driving duties this week. The Center that I drive for closes its Senior program one week a year when the facility hosts a special needs camp. I was unaware of this until a couple of weeks ago or I might have planned differently. 
I now know that next year at this time, we can close the shop for a week and take a real vacation.
Sounds like an opportunity!
A couple of weeks after I found out that we were closed this week, I was offered the chance to drive for the camp.
As I had already made alternate plans, I had to pass on that.
An opportunity missed although stored away for next year as well.
You may wonder what just happened to that vacation I hoped to plan?
Simple!
A week away at the Jersey shore with the family.
While some of us may still have to work or attend school, the house will be there and it's a short drive back to North Jersey. 
Quite honestly, I would go stir crazy spending an entire week sitting on a beach. 
The chance to take the run back home, drive for a few hours, check in on the animals, spend the night and then head back down is really appealing to me. The best of both worlds.
This is starting to sound like a plan.
 It's called a plan for a reason. 
You must plan to have a plan!
I am actually pretty excited about the possibility.
The next time we (the family) is all together I will broach the subject and start the conversation in hopes of getting this thing rolling.
Imagine that.
A real family vacation!
Wow!
I kind of feel like I did just win the lottery!