I need a vacation...

It's been a long, long year. Not all bad, mind you, but long none the less. I need a vacation.

I find myself still at work on a Friday evening at 6:30PM, listening to Just For Fun on my iPod. I am working on a couple installs, hoping I can get a test kicked off before I leave... I am also starving. Sigh...

I just need a real break. Not a long weekend, but a full week, or better yet, a week and a half to get away. No computers. No Linux. No work, laptop, phones, conference calls, e-mail, instant message. Nothing. Just me, the beach, the waves, the breeze and seagulls. Just a rod with a line in the surf with some cut bait on a hook, waiting for something to come along and take a nibble.

I need to go to sleep and rest. I need to read a book, fly one of my kites. I need to feel the sand on my skin, the wind in my hair, the salty smell in my nose.

I need to drive with the windows down on the way to a restaurant that serves fresh caught seafood. Or Mexican. Or Italian. Or German.

The days all run together and I feel like I am stuck in a rut, unable to move one way or another. I feel like I am going nowhere, and I know that's not true. It just feels that way. Maybe it's because I have been doing the same thing, day in and day out, for three years now. No real change in routine. Sure I make more money now, but before, I wouldn't have been here for 10 - 12 hours a day. Before, I would have just gone home to relax and enjoy the summer evenings.

Now, however, here I am, still at work, blogging while I wait for my newest round of installs to complete.