Opportunity to Work for Free from Home

I slipped into work this AM, through the back door, and turned on my work PC. I surveyed the project folders that have made it to my desk - not as many as I feared - and opened Outlook 2007 to download my e-mail messages from the web server to my PC, all 755 messages. As I watched them download, I felt dirty. I mean, I am, after all, on vacation until 6/15 and now, with this unthinkable act of turning on my PC, I will probably log on tonight, after the wife and kids are in bed and poke around the work that is awaiting me on 6/15. I mean, what was I thinking? Why would I want to give myself the opportunity to work for free from home?

In other news, I am sitting in Lynch Ford in Mount Vernon, IA, while the Ford F-150 receives an oil change. I tried connecting through Logmein.com to my work PC, but this "Customer Workstation Internet Access" PC is having trouble connecting with the Active-X controls that are used. I am getting an oil change today because tomorrow, we leave for Elkader for 4 days of camping. Today is going to be a lot of packing the truck and getting laundry done.

We got home last night around 6:15. By 8, the truck was empty and I was getting tired of looking at the long grass in our yard. I decided to mow so I did that. I admit, the grass does look better now and doing so allows me to focus 100% on getting the truck & camper ready for camping today. My wife is talking about a Wal-Mart run so, if I am not required to go on that run, I may take a few minutes and play some drums, now that they are set up in the basement.

How was South Dakota? It was fun. I think it's a trip everyone should take - just to see the wilderness of the Black Hills, the majestic beauty of the in-progress Crazy Horse monument, and the stunning images of past and present military personnel standing on the stage at the Mount Rushmore amphitheater as the American flag is lowered. There's also the Watiki waterpark in Rapid City, free tap beer at a casino in Deadwood from 4-6 to celebrate their grand opening, and horseback riding. Along the way home, the corn palace in Mitchell, SD, is an acceptable diversion and the Perkin's in Albert Lea adheres to the "Free Kids' Meals from 4-6" policy but if you go to the BK on the same road, don't order the fish sandwich unless you like grease.

I hope to post some pictures of our trip in the near future, but only if they are surrounded by an explanation of what the picture really is indicating. For that reason, it may be a short while before I find the time to post them. I'd like to work on it tonight, but I don't think it will happen.

I was able to catch up on the WWE Extreme Rules PPV results.