Vacation will be here before you know it. I really plan to head right to sleep after I finish packing, and will set my alarm for 4:45 AM or maybe 5 AM for an extra early start. I want to be on the road by no later then 6:30 AM.

The idea is that For the Love of Bacon opens at 7 AM and while it’s no bacon emergency on vacation — I plan a leisurely but direct drive out there so I can set up camp before having to log-on tomorrow for work. I also need to gas up, but I should have enough food and money through Monday, except for essential stopping at farm stands on the way out.

It’s early enough I’m just going to wait at laundromat for my clothes to finish up and then head home after that. Most of the clothes I’m washing at any rate is for next week, though I might pack at least one of the pairs of shorts in the wash so I have extra in case I need them. That said, I have quite a bit of clothes and I shouldn’t have to wash until the following week. I guess it depends how dirty I get and how much I change. It’s nine nights camping, ten days when you consider the trip out there and back.

Of course I’m realizing now I forgot to run a few data jobs before leaving work, and have fallen behind on my time sheets and approving staff time sheets, but I am getting that done on the VPN and I have to work tomorrow remotely in the afternoon, so ultimately it doesn’t matter one way or another.

Tomorrow at this time I should be also set up, be able to crack open a beer and maybe have a smoke. Then relax, get a good roaring fire going — although maybe I’ll ride my mountain bike to somewhere along the ridge where I can enjoy the stars. Or maybe I’ll wait a while for the fire until I’m done with enjoying the stars.