Ugh. For most of the fall, I have been pretty much keeping my nose to the wheel and shoulder to the grindstone at work. Things have been pretty busy with the Farm Bill and the outreach around the land deals. That’s fine; I was happy to throw myself into my job.

Well, I made the same mistake that I did a couple of years ago when I let too much vacation sit around for too long. I just looked up my vacation time balance, and I have 81 hours I have to use before the end of the year, or I lose it. That’s ten full days.

There are only 18 working days left this month (not counting today). And I have meetings or travel on five of them. I guess I better be productive since I only have three completely distraction-free days in the office.