I'm actually taking some vacation time! I don't do that, really, ever. Because y'all know how low stress and boring my job is, and I work from home with my dog laying next to me, and take time off whenever I want to, and take half days off on Tuesdays and Thursdays to hang out with Dad who has Alzheimers... so I have a LOT of liberty to do whatever with my schedule I want. But I maxed out my vacation accrual (208 hours, or 26 days max). So I need to use some up. So I randomly took off the middle week of October, since my last project is due Oct 4 and I don't have anything else on my calendar yet. And we have a long break at the end of the year, from December 22nd to January 2nd, which I extended so it is now December 15th to January 2nd! I suspect my wife, dog, and I will do some road trips. A couple days away here and there. But mostly I want to be at home, working on projects, playing music, organizing stuff, fixing homeowner-y things, and just enjoying my home. A nice Staycation, mostly. I'm really looking forward to it. Oh. And apparently it is my 54th birthday on Sunday. So there's that, too.
You will soon be twice as old as me. Congratulations!