How I Didn't Spend My Winter Vacation

Six days... well now that they're gone here are some things I thought I might do, but did not....

• I did not go diving in the Caribbean.
• I did not go snowboardding in Tahoe.
• I did not go diving at all, in fact.
• I did not see snow.
• I did not shampoo the living room carpet (what was I thinking? The tree was in there).
• I did not play Guitar Hero.
• I did not play The Cube.
• I did not go to any Mensa events.
• I did not use the play-room fireplace (only the living room one).
• I did not start building and using the mini-studio space in the play-room.
• I did not read any of my library books.
• I did not shoot any medium-format color film.
• I did not get my DSLR back from Canon.
• I did not wake up before seven.
• I did not go geocaching in heavy rain.
• I did not drive leisurely to the south through small towns along the coast, meeting and photographing people.
• I did not drive leisurely to the north through small towns along the way to Mt Shasta, meeting and photographing people.
• I did not drive leisurely to the east through small towns skirting the Sierras, meeting and photographing people.
• I did not clean the garage.
• I did not replace the gutters near the front entry.
• I did not say goodbye to the old Sentra.
• I did not spend time learning more details of XSI poly modeling.
• I did not finally figure out why I do half the stuff I do.
• I did not do much office-related work.
• I did not work out every day.
• I did not redesign Botzilla.
• I did not practice my Korean.
• I did not finish Jason Osipa's book.
• I did not go sarging with Carlos.
• I did not blog every day.
• I did not catch up on all my RSS feeds.
• I did not feel mad or hurt or stricken or lonely.
• I did not upgrade PhotoPermit.Org to Wordpress 2.0 (way to threaten people's vacations there, Matt!).
• I did not go out shooting with Frank (sorry, bud!).
• I did not play poker at home.
• I did not process all of my film backlog.
• I did not feel bored, even once.