OK. I'm off to New York for a few days. I'm actually taking a vacation. This is not something i'm very good at but i'm motivated by the fact that if i don't use up my vacation time, it won't all carry over to next year. I very much enjoy the predictable routine that is my life and generally don't posses a great desire to travel. I just seems wrong to dedicate time for the purpose of having fun. That's just a lot of pressure to live up to and it's been my experience that the most fun occurs unexpectedly. However i suppose it wouldn't hut to give this vacation thing a try.
I choose New York this time mostly so i could visit a good friend that attends NYU. I'm sure i'll see most of the typical sites. I'll see if i can't catch a Broadway show while i'm out there. I haven't spent too much time planning; mostly i'm just looking forward to getting to hang out with really cool people. The change of location is just a perk.
I'm going to use up the rest of my non-transferable vacation days during the last half of December. After i come back from this trip, i will have just fifteen days left to work in 2004. One perk of saving your vacation days until the end of the year is that you get to take a lot of time off around Christmas. That's when most of my family and friends are around anyway.
I'll let you know how things went when i get back.
Posted by Matthew at November 15, 2004 11:36 PM