How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Looking back on Summer 2014, it wasn’t too bad.

I started off in Grand Cayman at a human resources conference.

Then my friend, Don MacPherson, came to town for a wedding.

Then I saw my former boss, Vadim Liberman, in New York City.

A few days later, my other-former-boss, Matthew Budman, came to town. He brought his awesome wife, which was fun.

Scrubby got some chin acne and went to the vet.

Then I went to Orlando and saw some friends for #SHRM14.

I rescued a dog and reunited her with her owner.

I went to a wedding with some friends.

Dawn Rasmussen came to town.

My husband and I ate plenty of ice cream, all summer long, and we went to a local lavender farm. The chocolate-lavender ice cream was fabulous.

I rescued that damn dog, again.

Then, on a whim, we went to France. That was pretty great.

Then I made a quick trip to Chicago to see a client. I also saw some friends and got suckered into bowling with some HR nerds. It was really fun.

Then I went to Cincinnati for an advisory meeting. I was stuck overnight, and it became a trip from hell. Except I saw good friends, so that was nice. I should stop being so dramatic.

Tim Sackett’s family came to visit me. I was able to see my boyfriend.

I also spent a significant amount of time running and hiking in the woods. And, oh yeah, I went to the beach several times.

I ended my summer by seeing the Schmidtarelli family in Virginia. The new baby is super cute, but Mugsy is also pretty cute.

The cats had a great summer, too.

All in all, I would give this summer a solid “B.”

Hope your summer vacation was just as fun!