A week away comes to an end

I've been away from the Muppet Daily News for a week.
One whole, glorious week as of today.
And one more day to go.
Vacation is awesome!

The break from the Muppet Daily News has been important, and long overdue.
Sadly - for Fozzie anyway - this has made me realize I really do need to take more breaks.
As in using my vacation time.
Since I have two whole glorious weeks still to use by the end of December, that should make it interesting.

(and that's not even discussing the mythical, but legally required, comp-time. Summing that one up in two words: ELEVEN WEEKS)

Don't get me wrong - I really do enjoy working at the Muppet Daily News.
And since I've been put in an "Editorial Time-Out," it was nice to actually have the time to do MY job.
I enjoy writing and taking photographs. I really do.
And if that was my primary job, there wouldn't be any question.
But it's not. And when I lose so much time during the week to do that job (the secondary job of writing), I don't get my primary job (financial wizard) done.
And when that happens, and the schnitzel starts flying, I'm the one getting hit by weird German food.
Unappealing.

Anyway... back to the break from the MDN. I took a week off and, solo, I wandered.
I would have rather wandered with my sibling partner in crime, but that was impossible, so I wandered solo.
And in doing so, I unwound. I unstressed. Even driving through the bizarre traffic patterns of Boston, I relaxed.

Most importantly, I rediscovered my laughter. My smile. My work-to-live, instead of my live-to-work.

And Monday, the nine days of freedom come to an end.
In some ways, I can't wait to see.
I'm sure Pepe the King Prawn has been in rare form.
I'm sure he's going to be a demanding tyrant.
In other words, the same old Pepe the King Prawn as always.

And Beaker, ahh, dear demented Beaker.
As his summer winds down, he gets absolutely mental.
Well, MORE mental.

Unfortunately for them, I'm not going to take the bait.
They can just deal with it.
Make a list.
I'll get to it.
When I'm done the "have-to's"

Can't wait to see what mischief and mistakes Statler and Waldorf have gotten into.
What issues they've caused.
How many "I don't know why it happened but..." moments there are.
Let's see... my guess would be ..hmm.. the credit card machine, the billing system, at least one voicemail/call transfer problem, no less than six "Can't find this one" tearsheet questions, and a few surprises.

I haven't missed the insanity.
More importantly, I've enjoyed rediscovering my sanity.
Now the key will be holding onto it when the madness in Muppetland begins again.
That, and start counting days til my next vacation.