Things have been approaching critical mass here, particularly since Thursday of last week. In general it's been hard to get much done at work and my boss has been verrrrry understanding. Right now something is going to explode if I don't take some time off, might be the youngster, might be me, might be both. I called the office to see if there was a window of opportunity to take some time off soon...turns out next week is good and my vacation request is approved. I'm not planning any projects, not planning any big cleaning tasks. My only plan is to take some deep breaths, get the youngster to a few appointments and hope that we can get some equilibrium.