Vacation Time

So, I finally looked at my calendar this afternoon and came to the sudden realization that I have vacation time coming up. I am the last person on the rotation to schedule vacation, and pretty much all of November and December were filled up. So, I unceremoniously dumped two and a half vacation days on some random week in October. Which happen to be the 13th (half day), 14th, and 15th. Perhaps I will be able to catch up with people. I guess I will just be playing it by ear, as usual.

Today was fun. I went to Oktoberfest with Michelle and her parents. It was in Alpine Helen, GA. A cute little Bavarian town with a bunch of mini golf courses and a really nifty glass blowing store. I couldn't resist the $1.68 grab bag bin sitting right in front of the door, so I bought one. Now I have this teensy, tiny, cute pig to add to the figurine shelf. I think I will put them next to the tiny kittens Daniel got for me as a birthday/x-mas present a couple years ago.

Michelle and I split a beer since she doesn't really like beer, then I got something called a Peach Wine Lushie. It was surprisingly good. Unfortunately, it had ice in it, so I had to drink it slowly. Then we walked around the town and popped in and out of a couple stores. I know it's a tourist trap sort of town, but I would really like to go back there one day and see all the goofy stuff they have.

I was also awoken by a text message and then a phone call. The text message was informative, but the phone call was depressing.

Oh well. Life has its ups and downs, eh?