Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ah.....Vacation

The place where I work closes for a two week break.
Academia is not all bad, I have to admit.
So now I'm technically "off" for two weeks, even though I'll check e-mails, and will go in for a few hours one of the days - no big deal.
How will I spend my time?
1) Putting up our Christmas tree - for some reason the kids are all anxious to have this up. Seriously? It's not like Christmas is next week or anything.
2) Finishing a Who? hat for the little girl across the street, and finding a cool hat for her younger brother. Plus knitting an infinity scarf (of some sort) for my sister-in-law.
3) Organizing my pantry. It's a wreck. Food hoarder gone wild. Menus will be made and food will be incorporated into dishes. Stat.
4) Finishing up the 13 books on my "Currently Reading" list. That's a lot of carryover into the new year - must start fresh. Although if I were smart....hmmm....I'd read all of those 13 books up until the end, and then finish them all at once in 2012 so I can list them as completed on next year's reading challenge. Hmmmm....naw, that's kind of cheating, don't you think?
5) Sleeping. As much as possible. Like a bear I'll hibernate and store some energy so I can begin 2012 refreshed and ready.
As a matter of fact, I think I just might go back to sleep now.
After all, I woke up at 3:00 on my first official vacation day.
How sick is that?

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

Have a wonderful vacation! I totally understand waking up at 0300 on your first day of vacation - you're in a hurry to start relaxing! ; )

Enjoy and have fun!

Caroline said...

Ha ha! I love that youo slept in so late on your first day of vacation. I kept bragging that I was going to stay up all night and read and knit....because "I can!" I actually never made it past 1:00.

I missed our swap this year:( I'd really like to do it again. I really must overcome the greed that influences me to take extra classes. It cramps my style, including do fun things like swaps.

Did you start your book last year? I did...kind of...not sure anyone would want to read it though.