At the moment I’m on vacation. That sounds strange for a man who is retired, as vacation is time away from work. Or, is vacation a time away from home? Dad always said that vacation was time off work. Maybe that’s because we never went anywhere on vacation; we just hung around and relaxed. When the last Saturday of his vacation came, he would say, “Well, my vacation is over.” It would be two days before he would go back to work, but he was now on weekend off days rather than vacation days.

What about you? Do you consider vacation as time away from home, or time at work? I’m especially interested in what you retired folks think.