the final hours

We are almost finished with our end-of-the-year double issue and my eyes hurt so much from so much reading they might fall out of my head at any moment. I had planned on spending my week off doing fun reading (have received many books as gifts of late, particularly from Samia!), but now I'm thinking I may have to give the old peepers a little rest.
I don't know if I'll be interneting over my break—not checking email or facebook is kinda nice sometimes. We'll see. But if I don't make it back, happy hols y'all.