Free at last

Vacation officially started at 2 p.m. yesterday. I cleaned out my e-mail, cleared off the desk, wrote myself a to-do list for when I go back and headed out the door.

And I have no clear idea what I'm going to do for the next two weeks. Well, I did make a list - this time, firmly divided into the "have tos" and the "want tos". The plan is to do more of the later than the former, if possible. To that end, I've been up for just over an hour dinking around at home. While the coffee drips I've set up a cozy spot at the dining room table with the good reading lamp, a fuzzy throw and books, markers, journals and the like. I'm just going to read and journal for a while, and not look at the time. The only thing better would be if there were someone to refill my coffee cup. Come to think of it, I should have a thermal carafe around here somewhere...