RSS Feedthe time that i had 13 days off – parts IV – X
i can’t remember the last time i was this lazy. i haven’t gotten very much accomplished in my time off.
one accomplishment is that right after i finished catching up with seasons 1 and 2 of mad men, i began watching season 1 of damages. i was blown away by the show. i watched almost every single episode right after each other and was hooked. so good. definitely 13 hours of on-the-edge-of-your-seat drama. season 2 starts next wednesday and i can’t wait.
i spent sunday through new year’s day at joe’s place in india(na). new year’s eve wasn’t overly exciting but it was relaxing.
i ended up watching joe play a lot of guitar hero on nye, so much that we decided to get one. my mom was nice enough to purchase one for my christmas gift so on our way back in to the city we stopped at best buy and picked it up. i forgot how much fun guitar hero is. it will be the perfect way to relax after a long day at work.
now there are only three days left before it’s back to work. kind of sad but i’m glad to be going back (except for the fact that i haven’t worked on the two things i wanted to during the break, i will leave that for sunday). 2009 will be a busy year so i have no doubts that it will fly by.
that’s all for now. time for some sleep.
the time that i had 13 days off from work – parts I, II, & III
prologue (22 december):
it was a struggle getting through work on monday. knowing that monday would be followed by 13 days of relaxation was too exciting. there was barely anybody in the office so luckily i was able to get some last minute items done before the holiday break. i was so excited that instead of taking the bus from the train station i decided to walk. as you see in the post below, that was somewhat of a mistake. that having been said, as you will read shortly, i haven’t left the apartment much since i got to walk home in -3 degree weather.
part I (23 december):
this started out my marathon of tv watching by trying to get through. by the end of the day i had like 12 hours of sleep and 12 hours of tv watching under my belt. there wasn’t much left on my tivo to be watched.
part II (24 december):
by this point in my vacation i started to realize that i wasn’t going to be able to keep this up much longer. the tivo was pretty much empty except for a few select programs. i finally moved on to starting to watch seasons 1 and 2 of mad men.
part III (25 december):
not a very exciting christmas. not going back home to see the family kind of ended up sucking, especially with having all of this time available. i’m nearly done with season 2 of mad men and it has gotten crazy good. i’ll be sad when i’m done but luckily only have a few months before season 3 starts.
after mad men is done i’m going to breeze through season 1 of damages and then i think i’ll be done with catching up on all of my television that i’ve been meaning to get through. beginning tomorrow i will also be trying to add other activities to my daily agenda as television watching and napping has gotten old really quickly. next week i hope to stop in at the art institute and see all my favorite impressionist pieces that have finally returned. beyond that i’m not sure what else i am going to do to fill in the time.
