The Mike Stand gets a little r-and-r next week, but I'll send a blog or two during the break. The Friday before any vacation is like Christmas Eve for me. So much anticipation, and nothing to spoil the fantasy. But, hey time off is time off, a chance to slow everything down for a change. Here's a list of some of the stuff I'd like to get to.

Movies: Order of the Phoenix, Once, Sicko

Food: Fried clams, fried scallops (at Ronnies in Auburn of course). Farm stand fruits and veggies.

Activities: Hopper Exhibit at the MFA, Tennis (the fun, non-competitive kind), biking (the non-peloton kind), hammock time.

Beach: Popponesset in Mashpee

Beverages: Fresh beer, in a bottle from the bottom of an ice filled chest.

Music: Lots of iPod shuffling, need to get reacquainted with the back catalog.

Fondest Wish: Time alone with the FAR better half!

Hey, and while I'm gone ... don't work too hard!