I'm not sure how long I'll be gone in August, but I can't imagine it'll be more than a week or 10 days. My family's having a get together in honor of Pappy, my grandfather who passed away earlier this month, on his birthday, August 21st. I think that'll be a good time to honor his memory.

Ah I've always been so jealous of France's care for its people. Vacation time? Americans don't really understand that concept. People think you're getting kind of greedy if you have more than a month of vacation time per year. We just love working ourselves to death and burning out that way.