your pixel army can't save you now

To steal a line from a blog I was reading earlier today: Okay so it’s been almost a month since I’ve posted but I’ve got a pretty good reason in that I temporarily forgot where the internet was.

Ok, so that's not quite true. I could also try the line about how after spending 8.5 (or more) hours in front of a computer all day, the last thing I want to do when I get home is sit in front of my computer, but that's also not true. Most of the websites I visit in my spare time are blocked by the filter at work, so if I want to stay caught up, I have to do it from home.

Don't look at me like that. I'm not talking about pr0n or anything remotely that inappropriate. My own blog gets blocked by the filter, just for being a blog. There are also web serials and comics and other blogs and the news and the list goes on.

Anyway, I've finally accrued some PTO from work, and I'm trying to plan a trip to visit my family for the first time since Christmas. This is officially the longest I've been away from home, and believe it or not, I'm actually starting to get a little homesick. For the people, not the place. If you saw the house, you'd understand why. I'm sure the feeling of wanting to go see my siblings will be gone in about.. 30 seconds after I pull into the driveway, because between the 5 year old and the 12 year old, they can be downright pains in the butt.

The plan (hypothetically at this point) is to get my car inspected, go to an amusement park, hopefully meet Noe, and then go to a wedding in another part of the state, several hours away.

Next week is The Dark Knight opening night at the IMAX theater in the next city over. That'll be fun since it also involves seeing Josh for the first time since college.