Vacation? What is that, again?

Yes, that's right.  I get to take a "real" vacation for the first time in about 6 years!!  I know that as a GRA I'm supposed to be working all the time, and that is definitely what I've been doing for the last two years.  The difference is that I also worked all the time during my undergrad years, which meant I never got a "let's go somewhere for fun" vacation.  Sure, I've been home and seen my family several times since I moved away from home, but none of those trips were a true vacation.  I haven't been to the beach in years, and I've never had a wintertime skiing vacation, nor a cruise, nor any of those things.  That all changes in 2 weeks!!