The Almost Vacation

As my vacation from work comes to a close this weekend, I reflect on what has been a long week and these are a few things that stand out to me:

• Games, games, and more games. It has been a while since I have been able to sit down with a good stack of video games and get lost, but when I was not on the road this was exactly what I did. I caught up with a few Wii games, played some old classics on my PC, and got tons of WoW time clocked in throughout the week. I am just about exhausted of video games for a while, but it was nice to get it all out of my system at once.

• I took a bit of time to work on my writing for a change. Not any one story specifically, but I did some writing exercises and did some storyboarding-type diagramming for a few other story ideas I have floating around my head.

• I took up teaching myself PHP, particularly in a WAMP stack. This is mainly as a means to learn the technology of PHP for my personal gain, as once I get the money I need, I plan to set up a personal web server at my apartment to use for file hosting and small website projects.

• This weekend yet I have a lot going on: a trip to Sandusky for dinner with my family on Saturday and the Grand Rapids Apple Butter Festival on Sunday. Both should be really great times, particularly the festival.

This Sunday I will also move the last of my things to Findlay, which means this week kicks off my first full-time week living in Findlay. I can't wait for this - I'm really genuinely excited about living on my own (the AT&T TV service and high-speed internet helps!).

I also took some time to re-align how I prioritize my responsibilities at work, so going back into work next week will see me putting in lots of extra hours to get caught up, as if I never went on vacation. The time off has helped me recharge from the CRI burnout that I experienced in August and September. It should be an interesting week.

Now it's time to get this long weekend started. B3 out.