Things are about to get über-crazy in my worklife, with two back-to-back conferences next week and the week after. I'm looking forward to getting those monsters out of the way.

Then, the second week in May, my favorite wife and I take 5 days off and go to Chicago to meet up with her sister and the sister's boyfriend...we'll act like tourists in my old home town. It's been 18 years since we moved away from Chicago after a 5-year stint there. I still miss it.

Maybe when we come back we'll be on the road to good news about some proposals I've submitted recently, one as recently as this afternoon.

OK, time to vegetate.