Today marks the first day of my five-day furlough. Like hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses across the country, my workplace has mandated furloughs for employees across the board over the next six months. Ask anyone who has taken one of these things and they'll tell you they don't know how to feel. On one hand, you're away from that daily headache called work. On the other hand, there's no money coming in. In fact, this is the first period in which I have gone without pay since I was between jobs in college. When I think about it that way, I get depressed. So I'm not gonna think about it that way. I'm focusing totally and solely on the vacation part of it. I have an entire week of being able to do whatever I want (if doing whatever I want doesn't involve spending any money). I already have a list of possibilities, and I'm really starting to feel carefree about the whole matter. It definitely means more time to devote to the blog, and since I am not...
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