Monday, May 08, 2006

Vacation Days

Because of the nature of my job, it’s sometimes hard for me to take vacation days. And because my employer has a “use it or lose it” policy regarding vacation days, it’s a royal pain to schedule and take vacation days. I’d much rather just take the unused vacation days as cash and be done with it, but that’s not in the plan. And that’s a grumble that I’d rather not go into here and now.

Anyway, I took two days off last week. Didn’t make any plans. Didn’t go anywhere. Didn’t do squat. It was glorious in a very specific, couch potato-y way.

I was going to go see Mission Impossible 3, but then I remembered, Tom Cruise has gone insane and I’m not going to support his craziness by boosting his opening weekend numbers. If he keeps on the crazy train much longer, I just might not toss in with him until the DVD comes out.

So I stayed at home. Slept in. Rather, took Ellis to the babysitter and then came home and parked myself on the couch, dozed off and watched West Wing DVDs until even I couldn’t believe the plot lines anymore.

And I re-hooked up Xbox Live. Because I don’t want my kids to get good grades or go to bed on time. Duh. And I needed to be reminded of just how badly I suck at Halo 2. Trust me, I suck. Hard.

Anyway, all I’m saying is that I have another day off this Friday and this time, I actually going to do something productive.

Like see if I can finish Knights of the Old Republic. Or get through Season 6 of the West Wing. (Comes out tomorrow!)

Who cares if the weeds over take the back yard? And the basement… well… it’ll finish itself. Drywall LOVES to hang, tape, mud and sand itself, right?

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