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July 24, 2007
When Working Eight Hours a Day Feels Like a Vacation
Two days in a row... eight hour days... okay, plus some calls from home at night but still... it feels like a vacation.
Tomorrow I'm back in Scranton cause we've got to get folks ready to negotiate a contract. Then Thursday I'm in negotiations on the one we won in May. Then my vacation starts!
Yes, a week off. Please try not to die of shock.
The first day, my friends are taking me to the spa for a facial. Then I'm spending a few days cleaning the house and organizing (the house, not the nurses) before the parents come to town for a visit.
I haven't had that much time off since a week off in 2005, so I'm not quite sure if I'll be able to handle it. My first nine years of organizing I didn't take any more than a long weekend off. It seems like there's always something. This time I've attempted to convince everyone at work that they should NOT CALL ME on work related matters... though they are welcome to call me just to hang out. They are, after all, my best friends. We will no doubt hang out at some point during the week. But no one is allowed to call me to a) ask how to print labels for a mailing b) ask "What is the message?" c) have some sort of crisis that could be easily solved by looking deep within oneself and asking, "What would April tell me to do?"
I've been cooking a lot since the campaign ended, and it's been wonderful for the soul. Played with zucchini, fresh jalepeno, all sorts of things. Some quick and easy cooking and some more elaborate. MR has been happy.
Watched hours of Big Cat Rescue videos. A fairly harmless hobby. My mom and I have decided that we're going to visit Big Cat Rescue this winter.
Not much else to say for now... off to Pilates first thing in the am, then to grab some flyers at the office, then back up to Scranton.
I feel like I should say something about the Harry Potter book because everyone is reading and commenting on it. Here is my statement:
I do not read Harry Potter. I have no problem with him, or the books, or those who do read Harry Potter, but I don't happen to do so, so I have no further comment.
Posted by april at July 24, 2007 10:22 PM
Comments
Good to know I am not the only one who doesn't read Harry Potter!
Posted by: Mizpah at July 25, 2007 5:12 AM
Me too - I have not read one word. The thing that put me off HP was that it was so so popular. ...Therefore there must be something wrong with it.
Things that are really worth fighting for (the environment, better health care systems, etc) seem at least electorally to be UNpopular.
Posted by: Alison at July 25, 2007 5:55 AM
Well, I love HP but I certainly don't expect everyone else (particularly grown-ups) to love it.
Glad you're getting a chance to rest, April!
Posted by: Robin at July 25, 2007 6:05 AM
Oh heavens... reading Harry Potter sounds like fun. My best friend loves Harry Potter. Most people I know love Harry Potter. I just don't happen to have discovered him. Hope I didn't offend the Potterheads out there!
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Posted by: april at July 25, 2007 6:10 AM
Not reading Harry Potter disconnects you from popular consciousness. There will be a million references or jokes you won't understand in the coming decade if you don't have at least a passing familiarity. It's like the Bible -- you don't have to believe it, but being familiar with it in a general sense is important because so many other works reference it.
Posted by: Jon at July 25, 2007 3:06 PM
Yep, we muggles got to stay in the know :D
Posted by: Deborah at July 25, 2007 4:47 PM
Exactly, Jon. Like the other day? I was watching Bill Moyers, and he made this totally off-the-cuff comparison of the executive aide contempt thing to the beginning of Goblet of Fire where they're trying to figure out how Harry's wand sent up the Dark Mark, and I was all, thank goodness I know who Winky the house elf is, otherwise I wouldn't get this Harriet Miers sheyot at ALL.
Posted by: allswellinhell/ashley at July 25, 2007 4:57 PM
I'm going to read the newest HP during my vacation week. Have so far only read the first two. Should be fun. April doesn't go in for group sings either. You have to admire someone who is willing to be clear about not doing some things. I don't bowl. Mother of April
Posted by: Marti at July 26, 2007 4:10 PM