Dear Federal Government, please pass a budget or, in the very least, a stop gap measure that ends on or after April 30th. Not only am I a federal worker who would like to work and get paid, but I have a trip to two national parks coming up and I would really hate for my plans to get derailed. Not that I don't appreciate the bigger issues at play in the world, but well, thoughts of this trip are the main thing that's gotten me through this horrible winter.

Thanks!