Back To Work

A little weird after three weeks off, but it hasn't been too difficult to get back into the swing of things. Biggest adjustment will be flip-flopping schedules starting tomorrow. Whee. Not too big a deal, but means I'll be working day shifts the rest of this week and alternating to nights next and so on...

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