I get to (must? have been asked to? I don't know) get out of town for the weekend again. This time it's a VAC meeting in Sofia. VAC stands for Volunteer Advisory Committee and the reason I've never gone to a meeting is that I'm not really a part of the thing. I was elected an alternate at the end of training a year and a half ago and the real deal has done a shing, shimmering job on the committee since then.
Well, she's taking this weekend off so I get to participate in the debate on volunteers' use of vacation days and an apparent drop in usage at the volunteer library at headquarters. I also get to see some movies that may take their sweet time getting to Silistra. There are a few big, fat ones sitting in Sofia right now. I'm looking forward to The Incredibles in particular, which may only come to Silistra dubbed like most cartoons when they come this way.
So I have all that going for me, although a big part of me wants to hang out in Silistra. Travelling too much throws me out of a rhythm here and upsets the cat, although she rarely leaves my side whenever I come back from a trip. In the end, though, a quick break after a standard first week at school will be good for everybody concerned. The kids are still in the midst of a vacation hangover and probably need a test to throw them out of a funk. Final term grades will also help liven them up at the end of the month.
Anyway, I'm set for the weekend. If I don't get anything on the site Saturday, expect an update Monday.
Posted by Rob at January 13, 2005 04:53 PM