The end of a job/contract, but perhaps not for that long. Everyone is very hopeful that I'll be back soon. There were tears, it's so nice to feel that people don't want you to leave and will miss you a great deal. Hey, I think they like me. That's plenty of motivation to work with these great folks again. The plan is that on the 26th we'll all go out for dinner together.

That said, I'm also glad to have a break, especially now that summer is coming and the weather is warmer. I can play in the garden, walk on the beach and spin and hang out with my spinning friends to my little heart's delight. I've been really looking forward to this. Don't know what I'll do for money, but that's not exactly news in my life.

So at the moment I'm having a gin collins to celebrate my last day. I have the rest of the carrot cake we had at the office at 4:30. I can too skip supper if I want to!

I've been told by several of my friends that I ought to prioritize my TO DO list because I'm sure to be working again soon. Okay, here are the current priorities: 1st, sleep; 2nd clean up and organize my house; 3rd (oh sigh it has to be 3rd) spin; 4th organize my office so I can begin my book project as of June 1st. If I start spinning for my vest project things will likely shift around a bit.

Then again, there's an election campaign on in Nova Scotia and I've promised my candidate I'd work in the office for him. Yeah, and where does that fit into the priority list? Gotta get some work done on organizing my house--not a minute to waste on that particular project!

Ah, vacation days, 3 of them in a row. I'm too lucky for words. Three weeks is what I need, at a minimum; three months would be even better. Oh yeah, I'm without a job in a few days so I'll have a long vacation. There is that. But other work looms and what I want is FREE time.

Took a tour to the sea, to a place called Blue Rocks, there wasn't much in the way of surf but a great many 'for sale' signs. Now that's a definite indicator of spring in this part of the world. All those hopeful souls attempting to make a nice lump of change on houses they bought last year and will attempt to unload to a 'come from away' at a hefty mark-up. The real estate book for May runs to 170 pages. Every other house seems to have a real estate company sign on it. Most property has increased in asking price from $50 to $100 grand in the last five years.

So what else did I do on this vacation day? I did an hour or so of spinning, another couple of hours of knitting. Read a book called The Minister's Daughter; had a 45 minute phone meeting with work folks; went to my favourite cafe to hang out for a bit, have cup of decaf and a nice rich biscuit. Did also scribble somewhat, but not seriously (yeah I know, I know!).

Tomorrow I need to stack some firewood on the porch, spin more wool, cook up some Sauce Bolognese, and do some of those nasty household chores which lie in wait for vacation days. That means I'll get up late, lounge around drinking tea until about noon, when it will be time to start supper, have brunch and check email. Oh, if inspired, I'll scribble in my journal....