Friday signaled the start of my first Congressional recess. Congress will be gone for two weeks, which means I should be less busy at work. Typically, we only publish a print edition one day a week during recess. The other days, I'm still responsible for editing and posting Web stories, but the workload should be much less than a typical week. Of course, if big news happens, that would change. But in general I'll be working shorter days, and my department will be catching up on housekeeping, etc., during our spare time.
But first, more work
Before I could fully enjoy the recess, I was "on duty" this weekend for the paper. This means I was responsible for editing and posting any Web stories that come in Saturday or Sunday, and also preparing the site for Monday's paper. (Luckily, I can do this from home or a laptop with an Internet card.) Of course, since recess had begun, it was a pretty quite weekend. I posted a couple stories Saturday and a few more Sunday, then shuffled a few things on the homepage.
However, since I wanted to be fully prepared on my first weekend, I stuck around my apartment most of the time. It made for a very calm weekend, but it also allowed me to sort through bills and take care of my to-do list.
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