I haven’t flown or taken any long trips this year, so I have a lot of vacation time stocked up. I don’t feel the need or desire to take them because if I did I would just be sitting at home. I might as well just work from home then! This is in contrast to last year where I flew a lot, although it is expected (welcome to the working world).

But the wanderlust monster must be fed and I recently realized that I’d taken a road trip every long weekend this year (NYC, Pittsburgh, and Quebec City)! This coming Labour Day weekend, I don’t have a trip planned but that seems to be a mistake (although my wallet denies this). It turns out that this weekend will be my longest long weekend, because it will be five days long, and I don’t even have to use any vacation time! Tuesday is a floater for everyone at the lab, and our entire product group gets Friday because we worked hard to get a release out the door (although it wasn’t the “everyone” we).