For a week anyway.

I'm taking a week's vacation and not going anywhere. When folks at the office asked where I was going, I said "not here". The stress of the office, getting beaten up in the press by the press and by state officials has really gotten to me + the lack of response by our leadership. I had to be away. So I looked at my calendar - saw a week with no meetings, and put in for the time off. I just finished some major projects and thought I'd take advantage of the time before it filled up, as I know it will.

FREEEEEEEEE.

One of my plans is to take my bike over across Lake Pontchartrain to ride the rails-to-trails bike path that I've only riden a tiny portion of on the MS training rides. I'll need to look where the trail heads are to maximize my new scenery opportunities.

Monday morning is going to be sweet. Sleep in, bake some scones, sip coffee, and not go to work! (I'll also managed to time it to miss some major traffic headaches on my commute route that is going to have traffic snarled while a bridge is repaired).

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!