I slept in again... 11:30. Went to bed last night at 22:30. I should pretty well be caught up on my sleep, heh. Just got finished watching the Super Bowl... well *I* was done watching, but Karen's yells drew me back into the living room, "our" team was once again intercepted for a touchdown with two seconds remaining on the game clock. Yes, we were rooting for the Raiders, for some stupid reason. Anyways, it was an interesting game, and there were a few excellent commercials, too. Karen and I went out to Sams and got stocked up on stuff, it's always such a jolt to see the total bill, but it's really quite a bit cheaper to buy from them in bulk. I also bought my TurboTax programs from them this year, cheaper'n buying through the Intuit website. This is probably the last year that I'll do our taxes, what with Karen's retirement complicating stuff. Back to the old grind tomorrow, I'm going in at 08:00 this week, so I'll get to sleep in. Karen has said that she might start getting up with me when I go in late... we'll see what happens there. I've put the monkey on Karen's back... about doing the traveling thing. It's gotta be something that she'll support fully, and I want to give her one more chance to back out before we commit. She is not appreciative, but I really can't think of another way to decide other than having her do it. I think that it would be a lot of fun, and we'd come out ahead financially, or at least break even, but I want her there with me. Right now, there is really nothing standing in our way... my health is OK, and I've got my CT certificate, and I could have a job somewhere within a coupla weeks.... And I'm really pretty ambivalent about it. There is some risk involved, and there are some bad things that could happen. And we've got a very stable life here, and it's hard to just step out of that... but on the other hand, risk-taking is fun, right? Once again, I love my work, although I'm not crazy about my job. And if I was traveling, all that i would have to worry about would be the work, somebody else would have to worry about the job. The normal contract is for 13 weeks, and I can do anything for 13 weeks, especially for twice as much as I'm making now. So I'll just wait and see what Karen has to say... I gave her a week to think about it. If she can't decide in a week, then I'll let her have as long as she wants. In the Mail: On the shelf: