Most of my "vacation" now over, I'm already preparing to return to Texas. Upon my return, things will have settled so the next spell shouldn't be as demanding (or as lucrative) as the last, where I worked 34 of 35 days, and 46% of all hours since I'd left, including 181 in a two-week period. As rigorous as that spell was, it allowed me to establish a rhythm, though that rhythm was little more than work-eat-sleep-repeat.

More free time in the next month should allow for some exploration, perhaps Austin will live up to it's high billing.

Unrelated, to state here what I've been saying since June, Obama will win, and big. I had been predicting 320+ electoral votes, I now expect him to finish above 340, and possibly as high as 390. My vote is in the mail, I expect this to be the first time I have voted for the Presidential victor.