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Last week’s adventure with the kids went just fine. We all had fun together, even through the trials of trying to get them both fed and in bed. However, the kids missed Mom terribly and we were all happy to welcome her back home on Wednesday.

Last week also marked the end of a trying deadline at my place of employment. In the last few months, we’ve all been working overtime trying to meet a July 31st deadline. We met that deadline, and as a reward we all get a week of paid vacation. Thus, for the next week, instead of working on computer programming at home, I’ll be taking care of all of the little chores that have accumulated over the past three months: painting the trim on the house, pulling weeds, and fixing odds and ends.

I should also have a lot of free time to do things that I want to do but usually don’t have the time to do. Updating my blog. Writing e-mail. Riding my bike. Reading Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, which I bought almost a year ago but have only managed to get through the first 50 pages until now. Watching Hill Street Blues on DVD.

On Friday, Hong may take the day off and we’ll go catch a movie together. The last movie we saw in the theater was Star Wars Episode III. That’s largely because there really aren’t many movies that would be worth paying $8.00 x 2 + babysitter.

This is better than a normal vacation because on a normal vacation day, you may get the day off of work but you still have to watch the kids. This is going to be a real vacation.