One down-side to being on vacation when everyone else is working:

[Aristus]

No one to talk to...

[Diamond_Dog]

1. You can always talk to us here at DU!

Eh, sometimes I prefer to be by myself, actually ….

[Aristus]

2. My DU friends are always there for me...

Just hanging right now...

Enjoying being awake and not at the clinic...

[ret5hd]

3. One up-side to being on vacation when everyone else is working:

No one to bother you.

[Aristus]

4. Very true...

Right now, I'm chilling with some Indica and a White Russian...

Nobody around to harsh my buzz...

[Ocelot II]

5. I'm here. I'm retired, and therefore always on vacation.

If I survive my cat's vet visit this afternoon I can talk more...

[Aristus]

6. Getting the cat in the car sounds like a life-threatening task.

See you on the other side...

[Ocelot II]

13. We are back, both in one piece, no blood shed by anyone.

The most dangerous part of the process is getting the cat into the carrier, but she had been napping when I grabbed her so she didn't get a chance to react and tear off chunks of my flesh. She expressed her displeasure by howling all the way, but fortunately it's only about a five-minute drive.

She got a vaccination!!! Even though she's a cat and not a sheep.

I wonder if Bill Gates puts nanochips in cat vaccines? I'll bet he does, as part of a plan to help cats take over the world.

[Aristus]

14. You survived!

Well done!

[3catwoman3]

7. When our sons were in college, their friends who were on...

...the trimester system complained of that very thing. When they were on break, none of their buddies were.

[Aristus]

8. Exactly the way it was for me in PA School.

For the first week of break, I'd be loving the rest and the relaxation. After that, I'd get lonely for my classmates and the challenge of medical education...

[Skittles]

9. isn't that the point of vacation?

get away from it all?

[Aristus]

11. Yeah, but I got bored with TV and household chores.

Now I'm baking a little and chilling out...

[tblue37]

10. For me that's an upside.

[Aristus]

12. Usually for me, too.

Especially when I'm reading. Right now, I'm reading "Presumed Guilty" which is an examination of racially-based police brutality in America. Necessary reading, but depressing...