Today, I will be returning to work after being away from the grind for 10 days. I think it’s the longest, intentional paid break I’ve ever taken in my life. If not, it’s the first one I’ve ever remembered going this long. My traditional bulk-of-August stretches in college didn’t count because I was a student which is a partial vacation the whole time, compared to how the world works after university!
Obviously, the Las Vegas stories aren’t completed as I’ve only completed four days while we there for seven. Then there are three related ones discussing the key highlights in greater detail (the Liberace Museum, Pinball Hall of Fame and the Las Vegas Gun Store).
According to astrology, my birthday month goes until August 22 which gives me more leeway to cover 1995, the greatest birthday celebration I had since 1989 (1990-94 were mediocre at best and that’s being generous to 1993). The astrology has a good angle too.
Then there’s the conclusion to the Summer of 1985 and how I got to be a “minority” entry for college. KMAG turns eight and D&D’s major shift 10 years ago before Hasbro forced the asinine move to 4e two years ago.
It’ll be a while to bang this out. We have housesitting to wrap up (gotta’ make sure the swimming pool functions!) and I’m behind on the finances for the Maggi Republic; tally up how much the vacation actually cost (fear not, we have a savings account specifically designed to cover it, we haven’t gone into any debt for more than a couple months since we were married, 2003 was pricey).
Then there’s whatever strikes my fancy.