PayDirt

 Well, vacation's over.  I'm back in the office.  But, I do have to ask, can time spent with family and in-laws really be counted as "vacation"?  In a sense, I guess it could, because it means I wasn't here.  But, what I really need is some time to let the stress levels in my body subside.  Spending time with family and in-laws doesn't help much there.  OK, at least with my family and my in-laws.  Combine that with the constant barrage of emails from work (curse you RIM and your Blackberries too!) and it's almost like I never even took time off.  However, it all counts as PTO on the timesheet.  Next vacation I take is going to be somewhere with no cellular service and no high-speed access available.