It's been very busy at work for the last couple of days. Well, my friend is settled in to South Africa and will not be back for about a couple of weeks. Much to my surprise, I don't feel withdrawals with him not here.

I have a week off of vacation and it starts now. This will be the first real vacation I've had within a couple of years. Last year I was off only because I was recovering from a surgery. The surgery I had was done on April 12th of last year. So I think that it will be nice to have some time to myself. No doctor visits next week!

My friend will be gone all of next week, but I planned it that way. Other times when I had time off and didn't go anywhere, I felt like I had to tote him around a lot. I even had to take him to doctor appointments - on my vacation!