I finally made it home — then we made Shabbat and had dinner — and now I’m sitting in front of the computer reflecting for a few minutes before shutting down and relaxing.

It’s hard to believe that I’ve only been back at work for a week — vacation seems like it was a long time ago. It’s almost as hard to believe that Monday was a quiet day, and Tuesday wasn’t really busy…because it’s been run, run, run full out since then!

XM Bootcamp has been interesting, too; I was surprised by how much I liked the 60’s on 6 and the 40’s on 4. I expected to enjoy the 50’s on 5 more than I did; Laugh USA didn’t surprise me at all.

Now, it’s time to turn to other pursuits; tomorrow, we start Torah study again (Proverbs, which should be interesting) after a one-week break while the Rabbi was out of town (we finished the Twelve Minor Prophets just before the end of the year — we really zoomed through Joel, too!). Sunday morning is busy, too. And we have some paperwork to get done before Sunday. But other than that, this should be a quiet weekend — and I’m quite ready for it!

Today, XM Bootcamp visited Laugh USA, XM’s family-friendly comedy channel. Jeff and I listened to a bit of it this morning during breakfast, but once I got to work, I didn’t even try — listening to comedy requires paying attention, and my attention was otherwise required by work.

In fact, work required so much of my attention and time that my firm resolve to leave early and go to the YMCA fell victim to the “needs of the business”; instead, I was hard at work when it came time to leave. I can’t say I’m hard at work at this particular moment, typing this blog entry, but I’m not quite finished for the day yet, either…just one more paper to read….

Next week’s revised Bootcamp schedule starts out promising with On Broadway on Monday [was Cinemagic when I first wrote this item] and the 70’s on Tuesday; I’m not as enthusiastic about the rest of the week, though. But that’s all next week’s problem — for now, let me wish you all a Shabbat Shalom.