Vacation at home

I'm in the fourth official day of my weeklong vacation. I don't count days that I would be off from work regardless, like the weekend. So far, I've sorted through the 209 aerobics cassette tapes I bought in bulk on eBay and set aside the ones that aren't appropriate for step; sold stuff on eBay and got screwed by at least one non-paying bidder; got about halfway through sorting paper files in my home office; had the home security system installed; rearranged some books and threw away magazines from 1999; watched aerobics programs on Tivo and incorporated combos into step routines for my classes.

Yard work is winding down. I have to chop up the impatiens and coleus, and then I'm done except for the endless leaf sucking, which I won't begin in earnest until after the general election.

I've also been shopping during my vacation, and got a cute little metal pole with a flying witch silhouetted against a yellow crescent moon. I stuck it in my front yard next to the address sign.