Next week is it.  I go to Corporate for my big presentation in front of the executives.  It’s mostly a developmental thing, but still, there’s pressure and stress.  That’s what they want, actually.  We’ve been working on this project for 5 weeks.  We lost one member half-way through (no, the stress didn’t kill him, he just bailed out on the project).  Our topic is healthcare reform.  Nothing too big to worry about there, right?!

Regardless, we’re going to push through, shake the right hands and smile, and then go home.  And when I get home, I have one day to tie up some loose ends, and then I’m off on vacation for two weeks!  Woo-hoo!  I return for a week, and then the wife and I have our first getaway alone in over 6 and a half years.  Yep, we’re going to Disney!  For once, we’re not going to be chasing the kids all over the parks; we’re going to enjoy the resort and other amenities while spending a leisurely two days in the parks, doing what we want to do.  We haven’t done this in Disney since before we were married, way back in 1992 or so.  We’ll be staying at the Polynesian resort, and for once, I’m really looking forward to enjoying my surroundings, instead of spending 18 hours of the day at a park, LOL.

I have been busier since August than any other time in my career.  I’m more ready for time off than I’ve ever been.  It’s going to be wonderful…