For all that you're taking some well deserved time off, don't stop yourself if you feel the urge to play around with this stuff.
Rest is important, and so is doing what you want to do when you want to do it. From what I've seen you seem to genuinely like futzing around with these things, so telling yourself, "I can't, I'm on a break" would likely be counter productive to enjoying yourself, which I think is part of the real goal.
Do weird shit you wouldn't normally do, which given the weird shit you do normally do, I'm not sure I want to imagine. Or don't.
I guess what I'm trying to say is don't restrict yourself in any direction and use the time to do whatever you find fun.