I believe I’ve begun this new year feeling about as fresh as an old sock. I have so much stuff going on with Lex Valentine and Winterheart Design and at work that instead of being energized by the bright shiny new year we have…I’m just tired. I’m starting to wonder if maybe I should use a little of that stockpile of vacation hours that I have.  I can’t afford to go anywhere but just the idea of not getting up at the ass crack of dawn every day is appealing. The simple joy of sleeping in an extra hour is so nice. I did that a couple of times over the holidays and I... 

It’s raining. Not very heavily. And it’s not cold. Cool, but not cold. At least not cold to this native of NoCal. I have two days of vacation, making this a 4 day weekend for me. Two of the days have already been spent worrying over a sick Rott. He might have the Big P so off to the doc he goes at some point today. Or so he said last night as he coughed up a lung. It’s now 7:30 am and my neighbors should have gone to work. None of them have budged from the 2 parking spots allotted to the 4 condos. It’s street sweeper day which means my car has to be off the street by 9 am....