Wow, almost a month. Sweet.

What can I say? Unless I get paid to be an author, you're not going to get much out of me! I'm only doing this to salute Columbus. Thanks, Chris, for getting me tomorrow off. It seems like I have plenty of deep thoughts to blog about, but lack the motivation to follow through. I blame work for making me think too much. It sucks the life out of me sometimes. :) Fortunately I'll practically be off for the next month so I should be refreshed... Why? Check out the schedule:

Oct 14: Shannon arrives!
Oct 15: Cologne
Oct 16-18: Prague
Oct 19: Frankfurt? Stuttgart? Scenic Hanau? Sleep?
Oct 20-21: Drink to 26 years of insanity in Berlin
Oct 22: Hopefully make it to the airport to ship Snorm back
Oct 25-26: Scenic Baumholder, Germany (Amie knows what I'm talking about. Go ahead, be jealous.)
Oct 27-Nov 2: Dad's visit (on the agenda: Belgium? Frenchies? He'll probably just want to see dirt AKA battlefields. I'm having vivid flashbacks to childhood vacations to Tennessee and Kentucky.)
Nov 4: Birthday fiesta chez Tara (everyone's invited though the ocean may prove to be a big barrier)
Nov 12-15ish: Colorado!! (I was accepted into a mentor program and get to travel there for orientation. I'll spend more time on the plane than at the conference, but that's cool. I'll also get to go TDY for a week sometime next year for my shadow assignment. I'm hoping for DC because that has the potential to get out of control. :) I could make up for lost time.)

After that my life will return to the boring mess it is now. Did I mention that I went to Munich for Oktoberfest last weekend? I even got away with two steins... ;)