I've taken a few days off from work (upon penalty of... something. Let's just say that Jeanette wasn't very happy with me working through weekends and holidays, and neither was I.) So I won't go back to work until January 2nd.

I already feel a little queasy about it. I feel the need to check my work email, and I'm trying hard not to answer any. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to be able to disconnect from the work-world for a time?

In other news, I got Christmas gifts!

• the truly amazing Nikkor AF 85mm/1.8D lens -- maybe I could be coerced to post some pictures I took with it (portraits of Jeanette, the cats, and various things around the house that could benefit from a soft background... Christmas decorations, etc)
• four Nintendo DS games
• a bunch of books, CDs, and DVDs
  
• miscellaneous but yummy food items
• and, from the "random-but-possibly-useful" department, a laser measurer

Overall, I think that having an Amazon.com wish list was a good idea, and I'll try it again next year :)

Jeanette said, a few weeks back: "so I take it that your blogging experiment has failed?"

I hope not. As long as I still post. right? right??