It was just as excellent as it was long-awaited. Kane pointed out that I had worked 19 days in a row, which was not a fun thing to hear. Granted, seven year olds in China do that for years on end earning, like, a rice ball or something for it, but still. Not to mention that my bosses certainly don't sympathize; when I started working there in April, my boss David said that he'd taken eight days off this year already. I thought, wow, that's nice, he takes a couple days off a month to relax, hang with his family, etc. Then he mentioned that the number eight included Saturdays and Sundays...yikes. I should have been smart enough to get out then! Just kidding. It's been a busy year for my (our) company. BUT (and it's a big but, and please, no posterior puns from that one), each day of weekend I (we) work, we get an extra day of vacation to fuel our Vacation Machine, which I do believe needs capitalization.
This weekend we got to relax and it was epic. The weather was mediocre, but we mainly watched movies, cleaned the house and took care of computer stuff (me catching up on emails and spreadsheets, Kane playing video games). We got to sleep in, take naps, have dinner with Alana, go shopping for groceries and much needed socks and generally lounge around. Another plus to actually getting a weekend is that I can start to plan some of the vacations that we worked so hard for.
In a couple weeks, we plan to take a Monday off and drive down to The Twelve Apostles for a B&B style weekend exploring the Victorian coast. Then, as you probably know, in November we haul our butts back to CA for a "hang with the family" two and a half week vacation. Then for Christmas, we want to get down to Tasmania for a week, hopefully with Marc and Alana. Sometime in February or March we want to head out to Kangaroo Island, the third biggest island off Australia, and in April or May we want to take a 4 day weekend to Alice Springs and Uluru!
And that's all before leaving in (probably) June to do our Totally Excellent World Tour on our way back to the States. Whew. I swear sometimes I think I like planning it more than actually going. It's sad, I know. Anyhow, so, still really busy at work, but hopefully I can lay off the weekends for a while, though it is nice to have that extra vacation time under my belt!
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19 days in a row! You hahd wohking rady (chinese accent). I looked at all the links in your blog - wow, you are going some neato places! Boy, you sure travel a lot. Is that Uluru rock really that orange? It looks like a huge structure with a big orange tarp pulled over it. That is amazing! When you say "And that's all before leaving in (probably) June to do our Totally Excellent World Tour on our way back to the States." does that mean you are coming home in June to stay or just a visit? whatdoesitmeangeorgewhatdoesitmean??? Bye for now. Be safe. I love you.
Hi Daddy-O! To answer: Uluru is supposedly very orangish at sunset; it's known for it. I bet that picture is an extreme orange view, but we'll see, won't we. As for the next June comment, I mean that next June we plan to leave Aus for good, travel for a few months (or some yet undetermined amount of time), then move back to the west coast for good. We're not sure where yet. So, we won't be back to the States again until fall '09, probably (after our November visit, of course). Clear as mud? Thanks for commenting, WUD.
That's a bunch of days in a row with no weekend. I don't know how well I'd handle that.
I need to figure out when I can come visit before you guys leave, but it sounds like there's time yet.
The other day on Adam Carolla's radio show he said that he hates the dentist but more so he waits worrying about going to the dentist. His solution was to have folks be unknowingly kidnapped, drugged, have dental work done, and then returned home. This is, as you may recall, what I wrote in a comment on your dentist post. So I thought you should know that Adam Carolla reads your blog.
Yay! West coast. United States. It will be nice to have you closer to home again. Yay! You probably want to live in Hayward, right? NOT!! Well, good to know you will be home-ish to stay next year. Yay! :) :)
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