Lord, I Need A Vacation.

In exactly one week from this very moment, the Lovely Mrs. G. and I will be high, high, up in the sky, as we make our way from the chilly Midwest to (hopefully) sunny Florida.

That’s right, suckers. While you’re chained to your cubicle, we'll be here:

Let your jealousy shine, people!

Besides rubbing it in, I thought I’d point out that we’ll be somewhere warm for the mere fact that I’m currently freezing here in Frosty Iowa. 7 above zero? No thanks. “Give me sunny and 73 or give me death”; I think that must’ve been what Nathan Hale really meant to say.

I am sooooooo jazzed for vacation right now -- you wouldn’t believe how much. I’ve spent the last 3 days stuck in my nerdy Windows Vista class, pretending to be as enthralled with new & improved System Restore options as all of my classmates are. In between, I’ve been back and forth to my desk, trying to keep up with my usual overwhelming level of work. Just because you step out of the scene for a while doesn’t mean that the world doesn’t stop revolving, you know.

Which frightens me a little bit for the 18th – the day I come back from our trip. How many e-mails will be waiting for me in my in-box? (I’m currently running at about 80 – 100 a day.) How many projects will people be clamoring to have done now, Now, NOW!? How many gray hairs will be added to the heads of my co-workers from trying to cover for me?

You know what, though? In the end, it really doesn’t matter. Because the Lovely Mrs. G. and I are going to have the time of our lives, and I’m not going to worry about this place at all. Out of sight, out of mind.

And when I get back, we’ll deal with one thing at a time. Besides, it’ll be Christmas week, so hopefully everyone will be full of good cheer and Chex Mix.

And maybe it’ll be warmer than 7 above. Or is that asking for too much?