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What’s been happening lately?

• My back and everything else is feeling better. It’s great to feel completely healthy for the first time since early summer.
• I had a little vacation around Labor Day weekend. It was so good. I mostly got stuff done at home that I’ve been wanting to do for a while.  I went to visit Mom for a little while. My sister and her husband were in town as well, so I got to meet my niece for the first time. I’m going to enjoy spoiling her.
• I’m down about 16 lbs so far. More to come.
• I’ve been doing the same stuff I normally do in my spare time.
• I caught the little town blues.

I’m about halfway through my off week. I used to think it was a little weird when I heard about people taking vacation and staying at home, but now I can totally see the appeal in doing that. Going on a trip can wear you out as much as working. I wanted to do this back in September and October, but the timing didn’t work out either month. Then the holidays came along and I’ve been extremely busy this year, so it took me this long to do it. Even some of my co-workers noticed that I hardly ever take time off any more.

I’ve been getting up at 8 every morning because I’ll feel like I’ve wasted too much of the day if I sleep until noon. What have I been doing? Reading, playing video games, clearing off my DVR, watching movies, playing with the dog, and taking care of errands that I haven’t been able to because I’m at work. I’ll sleep late on the weekend like I normally do.

I’ve got about 3 months of personal leave time accumulated, so maybe I’ll do this more often. I I’m going on trips in August and October, so there’s no need to go somewhere every time.