Crossed off everything on my ‘to do’ list at work today and managed to get out at 5 pm! And I don’t have to head back to the office until Wed., 9/7! The best part is that everything is caught up so that I’m not going back to bedlam. Additionally, my supervisor will still be on vacation when I return meaning that I’ll have a few days to do my beginning of the month stuff uninterrupted. And now I can relax for 12 days! Well, sort of…

I head up to Seattle next Tuesday to spend a week with Kevin, Soula and Robin. I don’t expect that to be all that relaxing, especially with Robin! But it will be fun and I’m looking forward to the visit. Also, it’s going to be a LOT cooler in Seattle than here!

For the next three days I’ll be cleaning up the house, doing laundry and other indoor tasks. I might have done some outdoor stuff, but it’s blazing hot outside! Today it got up to 108 degrees!!! I may do a few things outside early in the morning, but that won’t last for long, I’m sure. I have plenty to do inside, though, so I’m not worried about being bored! And I have a few errands to run before leaving next week.

Thankfully Veronica will be watching my cats while I’m away. I was worried when I realized that Patrick will be at Burning Man next week, but Veronica stepped up and offered to help. She is absolutely the best!!! I don’t blame her for not wanting to go to Burning Man–and I’m grateful she isn’t going!

Glad I’m not on the East coast where Hurricane Irene is hitting hard from North Carolina all the way to Maine this weekend. Not sure yet if it’s going to be as bad as the predictions. We’ll see…

So I’m heading off to bed for the start of my final vacation period this year. I’ll miss having no more time off until Thanksgiving. Seems summer goes by faster and faster each year.