Respite

Finally, a day off! Tomorrow, J. and I are heading to Jackson for a bit of casino action and a nice lunch. J. is off this week - using some of the 7 weeks vacation he has available and needs to use before year-end. It won't happen. It never does. He'll carryover a bunch and try hard to take that by the end of the 1st quarter. He gets so much time off - and has so much work, he can never take the time. I know the feeling. I'm paid by the day. I work a set number of days per year. If I work weekends or holidays, those count toward my contract days. I have so many days I've worked that I need to take off - but so much work, it's hard to find the time. But finally, I'm taking a mid-week day off. We'll spend a nice morning and afternoon together before the kids hit home.

Today is the 19th anniversary of the day J. and I met. Pretty amazing how quickly time has flown by. This time 19 years ago, we were just finishing up drinks at El Torito at the San Leandro Marina. And I went home thinking 'he's really nice. I hope he calls again'. And he did. I also was pretty sure I'd met 'the one', though I was trying really hard NOT to think that...but I did, and he was.

Wish us luck. Nothing I'd like more than to hit a big jackpot. Well, maybe one thing....I'd like a nap. A really good, uninterrupted, long nap. And a 6 or 7 figure jackpot.