10 days to my first sun burn...

That's assuming we get any sun on the 30th...I guess we'll be spending most of that day in a plane...but it's close enough. I'm getting very excited about Costa Rica. I can tell because I'm entering stage one of pre-vacation routine: happy and motivated.

Right now I'm happy every day. I've got a great two week vacation to look forward to. I'm starting to pack, make last minute plans, get a list of things I need to buy before I go and when I'm there. BUT...it's still far enough away that I'm still motivated at work. I finished off the LRP (Long Range Plan) for my area this morning after many iterations. I still have a few other things to do today plus a couple of projects that I'm going to start (and maybe finish next week). So I'm really gettin' er all done. The next phase will be indifferent and not-motivated. Thats when I'm so exhausted from being excited that I don't seem happy, I say things like "yeah...the trip should be pretty good...we'll see", and have trouble geting 15 minutes of work done in a day.

Went out for Lobster and Steak with Halliburton last night at Ranchman's. Pretty decent meal, the magician kind of sucked, so much free booze that I was happy I drove my car so I wouldn't be tempted to drink. There's definitely a few people around the office today that don't look so good.