I had these visions: 9 days of break, 5 of them withe the kids at daycare. Long expanses of time to write, read, exercise, do things around the house, hang with Ann, maybe even take a nap or two.

Nine days later, 6 and a half days ofsick children, and now 1 day of not-feeling-great Ann, and break is gone. Yes, I got a lot of stuff done around the house, and I even got one of the two conference papers written. But this was supposed to e the week where I got ahead of the game, and instead I'm behind. I have papers coming in early next week, most of the stuff in the Brit Lit class is stuff I've never taught before, and in early April, I've got two conferences in two weeks (one in LA, the other ithe Narrative Conference in Ottawa).

So, buh-bye vacation. The good news? TOP NOVELIST starts tomorrow with a full slate of players. That oughtta be fun.