…because I’m absolutely not going anywhere. But I’m still excited about it. This feels like a really good time to recharge the batteries a little bit. It’s not like I’m out there digging ditches, or even doing anything particularly stressful, but there is a constant, lingering feeling that I should be doing more. Digging for that next story. Prepping for the next trial. Even coming up with the next Substack idea. Throw in other work, health, family and personal issues, and I’m sure that just about every one of you can relate to that feeling: sometimes, it’s a lot, and it feels like you’re just treading water.
Thanksgiving and Black Friday are both company holidays, which is lovely. I haven’t used all of my vacation time, so I decided to take Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday off as well, giving me a glorious nine-day stretch with no work.
That was the plan, anyway.
When I constructed the timeline for this brief little hiatus, it included a November 15 deadline for the prosecution to file a response to Josh Duggar’s opening appeal brief. That deadline was pushed back a week to November 22. Now, we have plenty of competent writers and producers at the station that could tackle this if it comes in. But that’s a really big ask. The best comparison I could make was that it felt like asking someone to write a book report on, like, book nine in an ongoing series that they have not read. Could it be done? Sure. But would anyone benefit from that? Not really.
So if it does come through sometime today, I’ll tackle it. The details are TBD because I do have a couple of family appointments on the schedule. But I’ll get it done.