Back in the salt mines
Jan. 10th, 2014 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularVacation was very nice. Getting up at half-past stupid o'clock on Christmas Day was unpleasant, but it allowed me to arrive in New York practically at midday - and since people don't usually designate Christmas Day itself as a travel day, the Van Wyck Expressway, the Grand Central Parkway, and the FDR Drive were almost entirely free of traffic - something which pretty much never happens.
So, afternoon and evening of Christmas were spent with family. Then a few days of recovery and errands (my trips Stateside are when I do things like get new eyeglasses), a trip down to Baltimore for New Year's Eve, then the snowstorm, then the fog, then a day of clearing weather, then the flight back to Athens.
Almost two full weeks, but they flew by. Very relaxing, though. And this time I remembered to build in an extra day of down-time before going back to work. Doesn't hurt that: a) two days at the office are followed by a weekend so I can finish catching up on sleep; and b) the Senior Partners appear to be mostly screamed out after the past few months.
More as it happens.
So, afternoon and evening of Christmas were spent with family. Then a few days of recovery and errands (my trips Stateside are when I do things like get new eyeglasses), a trip down to Baltimore for New Year's Eve, then the snowstorm, then the fog, then a day of clearing weather, then the flight back to Athens.
Almost two full weeks, but they flew by. Very relaxing, though. And this time I remembered to build in an extra day of down-time before going back to work. Doesn't hurt that: a) two days at the office are followed by a weekend so I can finish catching up on sleep; and b) the Senior Partners appear to be mostly screamed out after the past few months.
More as it happens.