I've been writing a lot lately, but it's mostly been semicolons, parentheses, and those little curly brackets. I realized today the weather was a lot better than the weather robot said it would be, and in doing so I also realized that all I had to do was step outside for a moment to notice that. But I'm proud of what I accomplished the last couple of days so I'm forcing myself to take a vacation before my vacation. Tomorrow there will be no programming, no writing, no backlit reading. Tomorrow will be about me, a beautiful girl and, weather permitting, some laundry and a book by the pool. After that, I'm off to Myrtle Beach for the weekend. I can hear it now, "hip hip ... when you're on a holiday..."