Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts and good wishes!
I celebrated in style by drinking (most of) what was possibly the world's largest strawberry margarita, which resulted in me not remembering much about how I got home (don't worry, I wasn't driving), then going to bed for about four hours until the room stopped spinning.
The other highlight was treating myself to a Game of Thrones season 2 marathon.
Sadly I must confess that I did not get much in the way of noteworthy DIY projects done around the place during my week of vacation. I knew I was getting a Lowe's gift card for my b-day and I hated to go spend money there on stuff I'd be able to get for free if I put it off for a bit longer. Got a couple things done that I already had the stuff for though.
Anyway it was back to work and the regular routine today.
