Slowing down
Good Monday morning, friends. Would you believe that I am in the fourth day of a four day weekend? This is unusual for me, as I am pretty bad at taking time off from work unless there's a specific occasion or trip involved. But a couple of weeks ago I sent my boss a time off request for last Thursday and Friday. He messaged back that he was already scheduled off for the same week, so asked if I would mind changing my request to Friday and Monday. Done. So my time off started by watching the Cincinnati Reds' season opening game last Thursday afternoon. While the Reds lost 6-4 that afternoon, they won on Saturday afternoon but lost again yesterday, by a score of 6-3. So it goes. What else have I done with my time off? Well, for starters, not traveling, which I do most every day. My job is in outside sales, and while I work occasionally in my home area of Lexington, most of my work is at least an hour's drive from my home base. So this was ni...