I would like to go home now.

Not to clean, but just to be home.

Perkins is me.

I am envious of you, Sue.

Somehow I managed not to take any vacation this summer, and now there is no time. I have Monday off for a "team-building retreat" with University HR at the theatre. I am going for the LOLs. I hae Thursday off to clean the costume shop. And then, on to the school year.

I started blocking all my time suck sites at work, and I am getting a lot done, but I am BORED. I can't wait until I hire a student so I have someone to talk to!

Also, in weird "green" news, I forgot my cloth grocery bag today, so I bought a new one at the store. The cashier put the cloth bag in a plastic bag.

Our housekeeper (yes. we have a housekeeper. Go ahead. Judge but clean floors are worth it)

Dh talks gardener -- I'd pay a house keeper long before I'd pay a gardener

Almost everything in my house is put away! It's a miracle.

Go, Sue

This is the week of vacation I took this summer. I may take another week in September and go hang out with my folks.

Go, Sue

Actually, I forgot about the basement, where things go to be ignored. It's a mess. It's only this tidy because my sister's were visiting and I was away. It's only been 24 hours since I've been home. I haven't done that much damage yet.

I do need to do a clutter purge.

I'd happily do someone else's gardening if they'd clean my house.

I've taken 1 day of vacation this year. This may be why work is currently driving me batshit.

Of course, in my rage yesterday, J and I started messing around with the Big Boss's crazy cover ideas and I inadvertently designed the cover of my latest project.

People TAKE YOUR VACATION!!!! good gravy.

Sophia, just take a day midweek sometime so you can leisurely go to the grocery store or anywhere else that is out of the way by bus.

Watermelon balls for dessert. Earlier in the week we had strawberry shortcake and I got red-i-whip and let mac do his own. MUCH FUN! These are my attempts to add whimsy to our regular life.

Sue, I'm impressed! Nothing in our house ever gets put away to our satisfaction.

The ball pit causes extreme dissension. Noah doesn't want to leave home now.

This weekend is a trip to the Skirball for Noah's Ark and the circus aerialists.

We've also almost worked out how to get the rest of Grace's feeding supplies. Seriously. It's been 3 months.

Well, I'm taking 3 days off to go to Toronto Labor Day weekend. But that will still leave all 3 weeks from this year unused.

I don't mind carrying over a bunch though because I have to use a couple of weeks to see family in France in March and that's not really vacation, despite the location.