In less than 12 hours I'm on a plane to Chicago for a few days of work.  I'll be back just in time for the Election Nite party at my house (detour to Mills's tonight for veggie chili, natch... but will have to leave early for packing).  I'm taking a comp day on the 5th (as I will be hungover either from celebrating or crippling depression), and then I'm in work on the 6th, 7th, and 10th.  The 11th is a holiday, then I'm in the office on the 12th just in time to leave for Nashville on the 13th.  Lee and I will be there until the 16th, then I'm off again on the afternoon of the 21st, when I take my much-anticipated train trip to DC, leaving from beautiful downtown Palatka.  I'll be there by early Saturday morning, and will stay until the afternoon of the 25th.  I should be back in Florida by the morning of the 26th, and will take that day off and then head to Thanksgiving maybe that afternoon, maybe the day of.  December 1 will mark the return to normalcy.

I think I counted 8 total days in the office next month.  Not to mention various meetings eating into my work time and the work Thanksgiving potluck on the 20th.

No wonder I generally consider every November to be a total wasteland when it comes to work.

Burning questions:

Will I or won't I be convinced that going to see Twilight at midnight on the 20th will be a good idea?  I mean, how can I go to see it without Millsy?  I really can't.   Either I go then or convince him to see it a second time once I get back from DC.
When will I get to see the other good movies coming out in November (it does seem probable that we'll go to see Quantum of Solace in Nashville, but who knows)?  If I can't, how will I be competitive for my own Oscar party?
Will any wedding planning be able to happen in the midst of all this?

To all of this I say: blargh.

Anyway, as the subject line says, nice knowing you all.