And Now My Long Vacation Begins ... Sorta

I am off work until Tuesday.  But that doesn't mean I'm not working.  I was able to sign up with a study with the U., one that I had participated in in the past.  I was leaving this week open in case I could latch onto a gig working the Gophers Game, but it just so happened that the research group had spots open this week; if I couldn't make it, I would have had to wait until October.  I don't think I would be paid as much as I would have if I worked the football Game, plus I only get paid on the debit card the university issues.  But it's real nice money (today and tomorrow, a total of nine hours) for lying in a tube and doing games and mental exercises.

Still, I have to get up in the morning to get there today and tomorrow/Thursday (assuming the production doesn't beg me for help Thursday; then things will get different).  I plan on going straight from the experiment on Thursday to the State Fair; hope I get Duran Duran tickets.  Friday is my off day; I will get up late, but I need to go to this bar to see if they'll let us watch our alma mater's football Game Saturday night, then I have an appointment with this allergist specialist, and I just realized that the reason I am seeing this person is because of what I think is an abscess that may or may not exist in my sinus cavity since I thought I saw it in a dental x-ray at least two decades ago.  In other words, I might not know what I'm talking about, I might not know why I am going there, and I might be wasting this person's time.  But I'm sticking with the appointment because I needed to make this at least three or four months ago.  I need to make an appointment with some allergist three-to-four months ahead of time??  It's an allergist!!

Saturday's the Game, and even though I don't think there's much to worry about, I have to worry about getting the word out about our party and then I have to file a report about it afterward.  Sunday is free until I have not one but two fantasy football drafts in the evening, and I should be taking some part of my vacation working on research.  Monday I take one final go-around at the Fair (hopefully I won't die; it'll be in the mid-to-upper-nineties on Labor Day).  And then my vacation is over!  And looking back at what I plan on doing, it's not much of a vacation!