Why are we anywhere anyway?

I should be working, but I'm just not in the mood. And, honestly, I haven't been for quite some time. I work for a large, private corporation, a media company, and this year they've decided to make us take all our vacation time. A nice "use it or lose it" policy. Now, had I known this at the beginning of the year this would not have been a problem.But, it's now nearly the end of October and I have eighty-four hours of vacation time to take before the end of the year. Okay, at this point it's really thirty-six hours since I've already put in for six days worth already.

But this is the issue really.

I have seven issues that need to get out before the end of the year.

I'm already out of the office on "work time" for a two-day conference in November and another three days in December. And then I have the company-provided two paid vacation days in November and the five paid vacation days in December.

If I take any more time I might not be able to get my work done and issues mailed and all that other fun work stuff. (And no comments from the peanut gallery about how I should be working now instead of posting to a blog.)

I guess I'm just frustrated. Why am I so efficient with my vacation time usage? Oh, yeah. I want to make sure it lasts the whole year. Apparently I'm too efficient for my own good.

::sigh::

And on a side thought, Hasbro is coming out with two Stargate figures as part of their Star Wars 2006 product line. Yeah, not sure how that works exactly. Will I be picking up my own three-and-a-half-inch Stargate and a nice little death glider when they hit the shelves? Of course. I need something to play with on my desk when I decide not to work.

So, why am I here today? Oh yeah, I remember. I didn't take the day off.