A Week Off

I would like to formally announce (to whomever cares) that I have next week off. School is out for a week, and I took the week off to coincide with that. It will be a week to spend some quality time with my daughter.

I haven’t had a week off since June of last year. I plan to sleep in a little, and spend a lot of time outside, since it will be in the 70’s next week.

Work has been insane this week, as well. Wednesday, I didn’t have time to sit down and think, let alone take on any more tasks. That didn’t mean the tasks didn’t come, mind you.

Yesterday, we had new heating and air installed in our home. Not because we wanted to, but because some “thing” in the heater was beginning to rust. The rusting thing could have lead to carbon monoxide poisoning, which would have been bad, to say the least. Our system was 22 years old. It was overdue.

I think I am missing my financial calling in heating and air installation, however.

Today, we’re finally catching up with my parents, who’ve been vacationing in sunny Kansas City for the last week. We managed to arrange for a few hours to meet for dinner. It’s unfortunate that it’s only a couple of hours, but on the bright side, it’s something, at least. We missed our 1/2 day visit last week due to a major cold affecting my brother’s entire house.