Sassy,
Thanks for the Easter greetings. I hope yours was good as well.
I have good news and bad news.
First the bad….
We will be vacationing in Hawaii for 2 weeks in December.
My other half needs me to take off 4 days in November to go to a conference. She won’t travel alone, so I’ve got to tag along as a bodyguard while she takes seminars during the day. I’ll not have any trouble finding stuff to do, but it will use up another 4 days of vacation time. With my parents in so so shape, a trip to the old country will also be necessary between now and then. As a result, my available vacation days are limited and probably already in the negative. I don’t think I’ll be able to take off half days for miscellaneous other activities, perhaps for the rest of the year. In addition, my wife may be carefully keeping track of my time off to ensure she gets her escort in NYC. The creativity level for us will have to go up somehow.
At least a little bit of good news is that between memorial day and labor day we get summer hours on Friday, so I’ll be able to duck out of the office from time to time then.
Also, I’m hoping you might be available next Friday evening so that we could spend some time together then. If so, we’ll make a plan for something out of the ordinary. Let me know and I’ll start planning the details.
-B