yes, it feels like i have been playing hooky from work, but erin & i are going on vacation in a few days. we are heading on a carnival cruise with friends from the middle tennessee home builders association on saturday. erin does a lot of work for them, and she earned the cruise as part of a reward for that. since she loves me, she took some downgrades, opted to us our own frequent flyer tix, and the loving husband gets to go for dirt cheap. i like the mthba folks, they are nice people, though the idea of hanging out with some of them for 8 days worries me.. some have it in them to get kinda crazy. heck, i have it in me.

this cruise will take us around the eastern parts of the caribbean. it will be the 2nd cruise for me, the first being last year. this one will be longer than that one so i am not sure what i will get into. but i am taking all the usual geek gear, camera, laptop (to off load pics), ipod, and books.