Hi all,

how's it going? Monday (theoretically today at the time of writing) starts the beginning of the week vacation from work. It's my first real vacation in about a year. The last time I took this much vacation in a row was the end of last year at the old job.

5 days off. what will I do with 5 days off? Sad thing is, probably nothing too exciting... I will be doing stuff at the city home, and cleaning up my piles of shite at the house in the country. My workroom downstairs is sad - I've got crap all over the floor that it's a maze to get to anything :)

My dad is leaving for the homeland tomorrow. It's the end of a record long visit. I don't remember when he was home for this long of time.

Today we had a marathon shopping session, complete with a nice lunch and dinner. Can't complain about that. I just have to exercise tomorrow. I haven't done anything too exercise-y for a week now. Oh yeah, so all the shopping and what did I get? One shirt from the Gap. Just one. No gifts for anyone else, nothing. Oh well.

Speaking of the Gap, how cool is the music for their recent television commercials? I love that song - Put a Little Love in Your Heart.

OK, better get going. I need to get to bed. I have to wake up fairly early to drive my dad to the airport.

-Kirk