We all know that December is a busy month, with Christmas, shopping, baking, sending greetings, getting pictures taken, etc. Well, we had our Christmas pictures taken before Halloween, so that is our answer to getting done with that before the rush. We had our Christmas shopping more or less complete before Black Friday. We are just too busy to bake our usual 120 dozen cookies for Christmas, and there is enough junk food for everyone this time of year, so we are foregoing the distribution of sweets this year (though we are going to bake cookies for my dad, like we do every year). The one thing that we haven't managed yet is to get our Christmas cards sent. I haven't even finished our Christmas letter (I loathe brag letters!) We try to write an informative letter as an overview on the year without boasting about our huge successes that make everyone else's life seem small by comparison (note the sarcastic emphasis-brag letters stink, or as my mom used to say, 'Self-praise stinks!)
The one thing that stands in the way of finishing the Christmas cards soon is that I found out I will be traveling and away from home quite a bit in the next two weeks. The solution, as far as I am concerned, is to get our Christmas cards all done before Sunday.
Back to Sunday... I am leaving Sunday morning for South Dakota. I have training classes on Monday and Tuesday at a hotel in the middle of nowhere (also known as the middle of South Dakota). I have to help our 'esteemed' tech 3 unload a training game at the hotel Sunday night, and it is an 8-hour drive from the house to the hotel. So, I have to leave Sunday morning. Yuck. I would rather not sit in a hotel for a number of days, but in this case, it can't be helped.
The training involves South Dakota lottery terminals (since I now cover South Dakota territory). I just found out about the training this morning. Thanks for the heads-up on this! I figure I will be gone from Sunday morning until Wednesday night.
The following week, I am working far enough from home that the install work will probably take three days and involve staying in a hotel two or three nights. Some consolation in this case is that the casino in question is close to Mom and Dad and other family members. Maybe I can at least visit some of the family during that work.
I need to get some sleep. Signing off... over and out. Guten nacht, auf Weidersehen, and, uh.... stuff.
Posts
