One of the things that gets me through a spring of being on a plane five out of six weeks is looking forward to summer vacation. A vacation, importantly, that involves zero planes. One of the best parts of living in Maine is that I don’t need to fly to experience some truly spectacular scenery. After months of running around from airport to airport, meeting to meeting, call to call, I take full advantage of the slowest month in our business to take a step back, relax and recharge for the fall sprint.
This year’s iteration will feature a week in a cottage on the water up north, some camping and, if all goes well, a fair amount of time spent on the water. With the summer’s major construction project already completed, unlike last year‘s, it will hopefully (knock on wood) be a vacation spent injury-free. Instead, I’ll try to plow through a dozen or more books, brew a beer or two and swim under one of my favorite waterfalls.
Though I’ll be doing a bit of work on the Monktoberfest over the next few weeks – some jobs are never done – as of a few hours from now I will not be checking email or voicemail. If you have a legitimate emergency, contact Marcia (marcia @ redmonk.com) who will know how to get in touch with me. Otherwise, I will see you all on the other side.
Enjoy your summers.
