Highly Notable Events in November 2008

• Traveled to the land of my birth
• Celebrated Election Night with my mom, my dad, and The New York Times
• Went to the mall on Black Friday
• Met a friend from the internet in real life
• Became an Ugg-wearer

I scheduled the last of my vacation days for 2008 today.  Yes, today.  On the first day of the last month of the year.

There are thirty-one days in December.  Eight of those days are weekends.  Five of them are company holidays.  Major seasonal meetings take up most of four of them.  Our department bonding activity is scheduled on another day.  That left twelve days eligible for the Vacation Day stamp.  Oh, and I was already in the office by the time I tried to sort this all out, so forget about December 1.

I have to take five of those eleven days off.  Am I going to get any actual work done before the end of the year?