well, i think i made it to the beginning of my vacation. it's some seriously scorchy weather outside, that i don't even want to get outside, even to drink iced coffee. i've had one of the busiest work weeks in recent memory, one that snowplowed (ah, snow!) over my 31st birthday. what is 31 anyway? seems like not much more than a prime number, unlike 51. i would like to celebrate my conception day, which is really the day i started life on earth. didn't the ancient mayans create their two geared calender system based on the human gestation period?