"There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of The Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning" - Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time Series

Today marks the first day of my sabbatical from Cerner. For those who don't know, Cerner offers sabbaticals to all associates who have spent 7 years continuously on the job, and every 6 years after that. 

I noticed yesterday and increased drive and motivation, I knocked out a lot of tasks at work and am
 already planning on improvements to the house. Today we got our family photo taken, got the boys their shirts as a reward for the summer reading program, and I used our power sprayer to finish preparing the play set for staining. We went out to the amazing Woodneath public library and got together with friends to play board games. I also tried cooking meatballs for the first time with middling success. Finally Logan insisted we try dragonfruit, which was okay but certainly not worth what we paid for it.  

So far, so good. For my work compatriots, 1 day down, 30 more to go. 

If you know me, you know that I'm all about learning something everyday. Today I learned that dragonfruit is also called Pitaya and that the Hylocereus Costaricensis type that we had will stain your fingers a very unique purplish pink neon color.