Finally
I can finally truthfully say that I am on vacation.1 The nature of my work means that Thanksgiving through Candlemas are incredibly busy — if not downright insane. Taking large swathes of time off during those months is very, very foolish. You wouldn’t think that there’s a busy season for estate planning and probate; I can assure you that there is. This year, it started in October and it hasn’t ended yet.
In any event, I don’t need to darken the doorstep of The Firm until February 22nd. Don’t get me wrong — I love my work, I love my boss and co-workers, and I even love some of my clients — but Lord I need a break.
I also need Alone Time. Thinking back, outside of sick days, I haven’t been alone in the house for an extended period of time since Art Fair 2008. Early 2009 was Knitters for Obama in Chicago. Spring was Paris. Art Fair 2009 we had new windows put in. Thanksgiving was traveling to Texas. I need the psychological buffer zone of having some time alone when I’m not coughing up a lung.
A lot of people don’t understand this. The easiest way to explain it is that I need to recharge my batteries. Even though I’m just puttering around the house, doing the taxes, and organizing the yarn stash, I need to do it by myself. I’m frayed at the edges and if I don’t un-fray myself, things will get ugly.
So, I’ve got the aerosol cheese and Twinkies, several knitting projects, and a new (to me) computer game.2 I’ve made another batch of those chocolate chip cookies. I’m ready to rock, cats and kittens, and by “rock” I mean sitting quietly at home with the felines, knitting, reading, watching movies, and napping.
And people wonder how I sleep at night.
* * * * *- I’ve just returned from putting in a few hours of Sunday overtime on a new probate matter. [↩]
- Planescape: Torment — still a highly rated game 10 years after it came out. [↩]
