I'm not at work today. I'm also not going to work tomorrow or the day after that. In fact, I'm not going back to work until January 3.
My company doesn't allow people to carry their vacation over from year to year. I had two weeks of vacation left followed by my company's holiday shutdown which leaves me with a nice three and a half week break from work. After putting in a lot of very long hours in the past few months this break sounds like heaven to me.
I've got some wonderful relaxing plans for my time off that I am looking forward to. This past weekend started off my break with a trip to Amelia Island, Florida for the wedding of one of Frank's college friends, Cindy. The picture at the top of this post was the amazing view from our room. It was a truly beautiful event and I will have to share some of the details later.
This week I am at home and plan to work on finishing up making my Christmas presents. Making presents is one of my favorite things to do and I am happy that I will have a solid week to have fun with it. After that I am hoping to have a little time left over to get some more cleaning and organizing done in my craft room and maybe even tackle building the bench in my mudroom. It still looks no different than when I finished building the shelf back in August.
Next week, Frank and I are off to Cartegena, Colombia for a week of relaxing and good food before coming back home to celebrate Christmas. After that we are heading back to Florida (to Tampa this time) to watch Michigan play South Carolina in the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day. That wraps up my vacation plans and then it is back to work.
What plans do you have for the holidays? Are you traveling or staying home? Are you done with your holiday shopping or have plans to make some fun things for your loved ones?
P.S. I am still in my jammies and it is almost lunchtime. I love this!