After working without a real day off since early 2019, I finally took a day off and didn’t even check my work email once. Since there’s still a pandemic happening, I spent the day walking around Monterey and enjoying the nice fall weather.
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It’s great taking a Monday off. There was hardly anyone else walking around in town. It felt like a mini vacation.
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