Sometimes I wish I could just forget that I'm a grown-up.

During a week full of gorgeous, oddly warm November days, I sit here at my desk staring through the large office windows. Watching the orange-red leaves of a tree just outside the building, gayly swaying in the breeze and think, “Man, I should use some of my personal hours to go ride my bike. Or maybe just go run around with my dog in a park.”

But, alas, there is too much to do and so very little precious time. Darn you, deadlines.

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