Things accomplished during my vacation (in no particular order):

• finished the latest rewrite of my novel, drafted a query letter, and began searching for potential agents
• drafted 2/3 of the plot for my next novel
• painted my toenails light green, in honor of springtime
• cleaned the bathroom
• managed to feed myself for an entire week without resorting to take-out
• gave a lecture at NYU to a group of law students working with Iraqi refugees
• resumed working on a short story that I began over the summer but never finished
• began the process of finding a writer’s group
• did yoga, several times in class and once on my own
• stayed up late to finish a book
• embarrassed my husband by sending him flowers at work, which were delivered live on CNN

Which is to say, it was a pretty kick-ass vacation.