August can be a slow time for businesses.
Where I live in Pennsylvania, parents are spending the
last few weeks before their kids go back to school at the shore, the Poconos or sometimes Europe! You send out emails and get messages stating that the recipient will be out of office for the next two weeks on vacation.
I don’t fault anyone for this! In fact I recently went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Boston, to visit some family and my friend from Maine. It was the only day that she could get off. I woke up at 5
am on a Friday and just drove. I was able to go blueberry and blackberry picking, and although I did a bit of work that day, I was really glad that I took the time to be present with my family.