Due to a change in vacation policy at work, I’ve had to take a large amount of vacation here at the end of the year.\u00a0 I planned alot of projects around the house and I’m taking a short trip for my Mom’s bday, and will have Xmas stuff as well…so in the end, even though I have about two weeks off….it isn’t much “vacation” really.<\/p>\n\t
I guess that’s how it works when you get older:\u00a0 Vacation is just a time when you catch up on other things, or you take a really expensive trip somewhere and actually look forward to going back to work afterwards because those vacations are sometimes more stressful than your normal routine.<\/p>\n\t
I think I’ll go grab a cup of coffee and go to Home Depot.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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