Have I mentioned that I’m going on vacation soon? As in, I leave a week from Sunday!! A real life, honest to God vacation. Two whole freaking weeks. And man, do I need it! I feel like I’ve been running as hard and as fast as I possible can for months, years, days, whatever.

We’re sorely understaffed in our office, so as much as I’m joking about being a slacker with the Boss gone, there’s so much to get done that sometimes actual tears come to my eyes when I think about it. Expenses to be approved, scripts to tweak, classes to staff and schedule, thesis projects to review…it’s insane. Plus, what I mentioned about the Fucking PhD’s still holds true, so there are calls to make/answer, emails to check (my daily average is around 30. All of them urgent, I’m sure), meetings to attend, and filing to do (never actually gets done, though. I put it in the To File pile and, dude, those little Office Fairies are soooo not doing their jobs!).

But anyway, this is why I’m going on vacation!! Yay!! I’m going here. And I’m driving! ROAD TRIP!! Hurray!! It’ll be a wonderful drive, with hidden beaches along the 1, the Redwood Forrest…and then 5 days in the most beautiful and adorable little cabin I’ve ever laid my virtual eyes on. And y’all? I’m going to go Huckleberry picking!! And go hiking to amazing places like this:

And this:

And even this:

I’m so excited that I can hardly stand it. Two whole weeks of wonderful scenery, no emails, and great company.