Tuesday, Tuesday

I'm still not a fan of this particular day of the week, but I believe it's cranky hold on me has maybe been released.I woke up feeling pretty good this morning, had a sort of restful sleep, and got in an 11 minute yoga video this a.m. I've determined I really needed the vacation time. Despite the get away with DH being brief,  home stuff three days, the college road trip, and a cabin work day, opposed to relaxing week lying on a beach somewhere, I feel rejuvenated. Lesson to me and anyone else that tends to hoard your vacation time and not use it up-take it! Even though I have the need for two full weeks next August, I don't need to be banking three times that. I almost like how both DH and my daughters work does vacation and paid time off as use it or lose it. They both make sure to schedule all their days off. At my former job, you could accrue up to 200 hours-I had accrued 200 hours. Stupid me. Yes, getting  a nice windfall of paid out cash was nice, but perhaps I would have been less stressed had I forced myself to take the time off. 

I'm the only supervisor in the division this week due to vacation for one and a business trip by another and our director. It was weird yesterday having my peers, because I am still working out of class, checking in with me on their schedules. The formal position was posted yesterday through end of day next Tuesday. It is posted as internal applicants only. I'll have to formally be interviewed, but since no one before has ever done a job like mine and my boss is happy, it is a required formality only. I would guess it will all be official by November 15, which is the start of a new pay period (Wednesday-Tuesday biweekly), to keep it clean. I could only work out of class until November 28th anyway without an extension. 

Minnesota turned blustery yesterday after more than a week of beautiful sunny fall weather. My pretty maple in the front that turns fiery red is almost bare. The red maple which has auburn leaves in the summer is holding strong but suspect not for much longer. Pup loves walking through the leaves, maybe the rusting sound. He is tuned into every squirrel now since they don't have the camouflage of the leaves. I better get a move on and wake the others. It's Tuesday and I'm ready.