Gud, I hope you will find some room for yourself and for your needs this weekend. It's OK to say no to things if you need the time.

A lot of it is work for my wife's business so saying no won't be okay. But I self inflicted as well. I signed up to volunteer web development work for an organization working to hook up skilled volunteers with progressive women candidates. After the last couple of weeks, it's just too hard to not do anything. I need to finish up work to make room for what comes of that. I wish I could take a couple of weeks off to just write, but I don't see that happening... ever?

That's rough, Gud. You need to take care of yourself.

My increased vacation accrual showed up on my paycheck, hooray! Vacation starts in 4 weeks...

I was in a 1.5 hour meeting this morning, and didn't get any email notifications on my phone. I thought maybe the fiscal year was actually over! (Tomorrow is the actual last day.) But no, it was just my phone. Got back to my desk to 20 new emails and two voicemails. Will I actually make it to 5pm? WHO CAN SAY???

I feel like I have eaten all the fattening foods for a while, and should probably eat celery for the next four days.

I recommend a thin gruel.

Thought I posted earlier but apparently not. Hellish day that has resulted in my participation in over 60 phone calls. Ick! Hate phones! I hope it is settling down now. Exhausted.

Also, love my customers who are cool with texts and emails.

That's...a lot of phone calls, Laura. I'd be ready to bite after all that.

Carrot cake...that's vegetables, right?

Apologies for ellipses explosion.

I asked my aunt what I could bring for the 4th. She said "something easy like brownies." Cheesecake bars would still be fine, right?? I'm dying to do a flag design on something for whatever reason.

in an example of marital misunderstanding that I find amusing (and quite sweet), see this

Cheesecake bars meet the specs as given.

Oh, that is sweet.

Mmm, cheesecake bars. Sound even better than traditional brownies.