Monday Blues and Light Post

I seem to be in a Monday funk today. Not much going on at work and a little tired from another active weekend. It is almost better when work is busy on Mondays as it requires you to immediately jump in an get motivated - versus thinking about the past weekend and how far away the next one is.

A few exciting things from the weekend:

We booked tickets to Brazil for Thanksgiving. This will be our second trip to this fascinating place - we went in February for Carnivale. We are fortunate to have two friends that live there and they do an excellent job of hosting while we are there. This time, we are flying into Sao Paulo and then heading north to a coastal area called Paratay. We are both in dire need of a break, so, we were very excited to actually purchase the tickets and put the dates in our calendars.

I downloaded a great album - Nouvelle Vague (by Nouvelle Vague) off iTunes. If you get a chance you should check it out - they do great covers of 80's classics with a Brazilian Bossa Nova twist (we have been addicted to Bossa Nova ever since returning from Brazil). The cover of "I Melt with You" - a song I never really cared for - is fantastic.

Finally, I thought the attached is a good read - covers the American saving issue:

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4418328

So, a bit of a cop out in regard to a post today, but my energy levels seem to be low......