19 producer

I've slept hard the last couple of days, and nothing's been able to really wake me up. I've been busy recovering from a week of producing our morning show. I went from Sunday morning to Wednesday morning on ten total hours of sleep and drank enough Red Bull to give an elephant a heart attack (or one really snazzy pair of wings if you believe the commercial).

I also went Christmas shopping at the mall with my wife and daughter today. It made me remember how much I hate 1.) Christmas shopping, 2.) The mall, and 3.) Christmas shopping at the mall. I was so irritated with the whole atmosphere of the place I decided I'm going back on a Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. when everyone else is at work.

I can do that because I'm on vacation all next week. It's a good time to be off, because there's nothing going on in the news this time of year. Of course I say that and something huge will happen. I've been told the only safe way to stay out of the station when you're on vacation is to go out of state -- that way when there's breaking news and they need people there, they can't really expect you to show up. The great thing is, work is in Alabama and I live in Tennessee. So I'm always out of state.