What I learned on my summer vacation: Day Seven

-- Kayaking in shallow water can get very muddy and gross (as the Smelmooo pointed out, it's not nearly as romantic as the rowboat scene in The Notebook).

-- Nothing brings family together like a shared enemy.

-- If it's remotely edible, someone in my family will eat it -- no matter how full they are, or how much else they've eaten -- because better to be gluttonous than wasteful.

-- Law & Order: SVU is totally addictive.

-- Carefully-regulated water balloon fights aren't very exciting.

-- Grown men can turn into 13-year-old boys as soon as you throw an X-Box their way.

-- The last full day of vacation brings with it that same feeling of dreadful anticipation as a Sunday evening before a long, stressful week at work. Only, like, a millionfold.