A couple of things......

Nothing earth shattering, but fairly important.

The influx of new cases to the office has slowed things down on one of the contracts that we manage. (Remember I am part of a unit that manages the contracts. I don't work on a contract anymore) This means that there are many administrative personnel with nothing to do during the day. The company is offering a 'free week' to these people. In essence it is a week off, with pay, not to be deducted from their accrued vacation time. They must stay with the company for a year but if they leave the company, that time will be deducted from the vacation time or deducted from their salary at that time. If they stay the year, they still can use their regular vacation time. If things don't accelerate in about three weeks, there may be leave-without-pay mandated or God forbid, another lay off.

Now, Jerry, my boss has assured me that at this time, I'm bullet proof. I appreciate the fact that he has told me this, but after seeing two layoffs so far this year, I am a bit edgy. I've decided to put off my Brazil vacation for at least 6 months. I just can't see committing to a $5K trip to be taken in November if there is even a shadow that I may not have a job then or even a new job that would offer me no vacation at that time. I've waited this long to make up my mind, six more months won't matter.

I have a week now, I may plan a trip in July or August. I'd like to go to the beach somewhere. Maybe the Outer Banks, or visit some friends in Myrtle Beach. There are many possibilities so I'll be looking into that possibility.

Other than that, my week was uneventful. I've been suffering with back pain again. My dear friend David has been working his magic with deep tissue/muscle therapy. It really does help, but if I turn the wrong way or bend I easily set the muscles into spasms and that is brutal. On Monday, I came home bent like a pretzel and hardly able to walk. We've been working on fixing that all week.

I call my doctor on Wednesday for the results of the polyp biopsy. I am edgy about that, but going on the old adage that no news is good news.

God bless you all.