“But if you left it up to me everyday would be A holiday from real. We'd waste our weeks beneath the sun…”

I hate to sound too cliché, but it seems that lately all I do is work. And not work because of the reward, but work because of the risk. Despite putting in longer hours than ever before, I have less to show for it. The truth is, if things don’t turn around there is a very real possibility that in the coming months my position and perhaps my whole division will be eliminated. Thus I work. And when I am not working, I think about work. I stress about it. I obsess over it. This is so far from the kind of person that I have always been that it disgusts me. It is not how I have ever lived nor how I want to live.

So it is with this in mind that I proudly announce GF’s First Annual HOLIDAY FROM REAL (thank you Andrew McMahon). To be celebrated on May 15th, the HOLIDAY FROM REAL (HFR), will be a day totally devoid of worry, stress, or responsibility of any kind. I will not only ignore work and work related topics, I will flat out shun them. What will I do on HFR? Who knows. Maybe a keggar by the pool. Maybe the Beach. Maybe a trip to the casino before the White Man takes blackjack from the Seminoles….Maybe all of the above! All I know is that HFR will epitomize awesome and it will become an annual event (future dates to be determined). I invite any and all to join me on the 15th. It is not about blowing off work, it is about rejuvenation of the human spirit. Nothing short of survival is at stake.