Happily, I was quite busy all year. If American English is not your first or second language, this phrase means the following ndash; I was working my ass off and am tired as hell. Today, I had a half an hour break between the day job and the evening class at NYU. I went to a caf eacute; Europa on Fifth and 43rd, sat at the table and literally forced myself to not open the laptop.

Yesterday, I met with my business partners and suggested that next year we should take a longer vacation. One of them asked, “What do you call a vacation? rdquo; I said, “Vacation is when you are not available rdquo;. This is my definition of vacation. What “s yours?