Today, I broke the news to my girlfriend, family and friends. As well as my two beautiful dogs.
Haha... I love it!

Thanks for this thread - it has made me chuckle.
As for myself I'm one of the lucky ones - currently between jobs, single, and own no pets. So I'll have at least a few weeks to play with Skyrim whenever and for however long I feel like it. That's what I call freedom.