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Tag: vacation

  • Recharging

    I’m in the Bahamas!

    This is a week off for me from SQLServerCentral, so if you’re expecting a response, you might not get one on Twitter, in email, etc. My wife won a trip back to the Caribbean for her work in sales last year for her company, and this is the week the two of us are getting away from kids and enjoying ourselves at Atlantis in the Bahamas.

    This is my continuing with an attempt to better balance life and work, and take all of my vacation in a year. My wife and I went away last January, and again for a long weekend in the summer. This winter we took Thanksgiving and Christmas to be with the kids and ski, trying to recharge my batteries and enjoy life with my family.

    I hope the rest of you get the chance to enjoy your life away from work, and find the balance that I’m striving for in mine. I’ll see you next week when I’m back at my desk, and typing away at the computer.

  • Back to Work

    It’s actually nice to be back to work. It’s been a great holiday season for me, lots of family time and un-wired time, but I’m ready to get back to my routine and learning some SQL. There was a severe lack of studying over the last week, however with relatives in town, that’s the way it goes.

    Time to get back on my MCM prep schedule.

  • Holiday

    As my employer (Red Gate) puts it. The blog is shutting down for a few days as my family and I enjoy a few days I Steamboat Springs before Christmas. As of Saturday night, we should be in the Western side of Colorado, skiing until Thursday. We’ll return for Christmas at home, but likely I won’t be back at work until Monday the 27th.

    Happy Holidays to everyone.

  • Quiet Time

    It’s vacation week for me. Everything’s scheduled for SQLServerCentral, and my family is taking our annual ski break for Thanksgiving. We left on Sunday, after I returned from SQL Saturday #59 and are not due back in town until Fri or Sat. I’m not even sure how “wired” we’ll be, though I will be tweeting/FB’ing a bit from the slopes.

    We typically have gone skiing on Thursday to Sunday, but this year we managed to book a whole week in Winter Park, CO. So we took advantage of it, and I’m leaving work behind.

    It’s a good break, and while I’m worried about coming back to tons of articles to edit, I need to break. The last few months have been slightly crazy, and we have lots of stuff in the pipeline for next year, so I need to step back, relax, and then spend December looking to find ways to manage the work life balance.
    Hopefully everyone has a great holiday, and if you don’t get a response from my this week, you’ll know why.