Tuesday Break

Managed to wedge in a little mid-day time at home...clear calendar and board meeting tonight (seriously long day) so was glad to see I could manage to take a little time away from the office. I do this rarely - can't always make it happen - but am always amazed when I DO make it happen how quickly an hour and half flies by.  I'm winding down my down time and heading back soon.

We had a nice office lunch to celebrate a 21st anniversary for one of our employees - and then quickly realized that there were two other employees who passed the 20 year mark and there was no lunch held specially for them.  I always think of those 'issues' when I get invites to things like these - but I'm trying to let HR be HR - and if they don't realize that that may have just hurt two other people's feelings (that their anniversary passed without much notice), oh well.  We all had a very fun time - tons of laughing (which felt really good - at work and mid-day) and we all commenced/confirmed the count down to break.  The person we were celebrating is actually retiring at the end of January so we weren't sure what break she was counting down to...but she's excited about Winter Break, too.

And then February forward will be always Winter Break.

Someday....

I might try to take a day off - either tomorrow or Monday - 'cuz at some point, we really do need to bite the bullet and buy a car.  It's so complicated...I'm really starting to think this 'program' through the insurance company is more pain than it's worth - $1,000 more for what we want vs. saving $1,000 trying to use the one dealer we can use who can't seem to get the car J. wants on the lot any time soon. It's starting to feel really ridiculous to me and feedback required to CSAA 'cuz the idea and concept are nice but the actual experience isn't.

I'm glad that my week is both full and busy but not crazily scheduled to the hilt - a little flexibility is good while still being busy enough that time doesn't drag.

At least time isn't dragging any more than time usually drags...counting down to 4PM and then counting down to the weekend.  Week after week after week.  Month after month after month.  You know what comes next.  :-)

It's threatening rain here but Sunday's forecasted rain never materialized and we turned off the sprinklers for nothing.  It's cloudy and chilly but sure doesn't look like rain.  Yes, I'm saying all this to let the rain God's prove me wrong - pour buckets, rain Gods 'cuz we're ready, willing and able to accommodate days and days of moisture.  And drop tons of snow up north while you're at it!

OK - sadly, I do need to get going back to the office.  It will be a long day but returning home will eventually be happening.