Family Dinner

It's Thursday! Yay!

Our aunt and uncle flew in today for the wedding. My brother picked them up at the airport and we all met for dinner. What a freaking blast! Our poor waitress and the poor food runner (it was the food runners first day and she did a fantastic job. The waitress came and hung out with us after she was done and we had a great conversation. She was interested in how we were all related). There was some grumbling because my uncle ended up paying the bill, which was not what we all had wanted or expected. I swear that will be that last thing they pay for while they are here! 

We had a blast! I think our aunt was kind of scared (she really wasn't) about how my sister, sister-in-law, and I interact with each other, but she'll be okay! ha! (She knows we're all nuts, but this was an in-your-face example of friendships that have been going on for close to 40 years. We really are all tuned into the same station, so there's that. Even our husbands shake their heads when we are together! ha!) It was the first face-to-face for us after a weeks worth of texting about various things, some of them stressful, so it makes sense. At least to us. Ha! It was a lot of fun and we wished we had more time, but a lot of us have to work tomorrow.

Other than that.... My books came. Yay! That Man had to take a Covid test today because of potential exposure and it was negative. Also yay. Tomorrow is Friday. Yay. We got most of our errands taken care of tonight. Also yay! We just have to make one stop, maybe two, tomorrow. Oh and my second mammogram was good! Huge Yay!

And that is all! I will likely not be back until after the wedding, but we'll see! I may swing in with a Feel Good post tomorrow. 

Behave!

Tuesday...

This week has seemed so long already and it's only Tuesday!

Let's see... 

I'm maintaining my words for the 50/50 challenge. That's something. 

I have to go back for another mammogram because there was too much "movement" on my first one. I already knew the tech was struggling to get good pictures yesterday. She took the one side four times because it was blurry. She said your heartbeat can do that, and that makes sense because my anxiety was super high. That's tomorrow. I can't tell you that I'm not nervous about it, but at the same time, I'm not. I mean, what can I do but make sure? So I will drop That Man off at the day job and then go and get that taken care of. (And figure out a way to not have my heart beat so fast.)

The day job has been and will continue to be brutal. I'm still so far behind and the training has ground to a halt since she is working from home again. Sigh. Whatever. I'll do better figuring everything out for myself. They did cancel our inventory day. Again. No idea when that will happen now. It's a big deal, so... I'm not going back home until/if I have no choice, so there's that. 

The wedding is coming up fast and we're excited! We're making plans for off wedding gatherings with our aunt and uncle for the short time they're here. There are many text messages and phones calls, and while we had some hiccups initially with plans and arrangements, it's all good now. This is my brother and sister-in-law's shiny time and we'll do whatever they need to make it special. I have to say, I love my siblings and siblings-in-laws. We always come together and make stuff work! 

Other than that, it's 2 1/2 weeks until my big book signing. I'm a little nervous because the books I ordered 3 weeks ago haven't arrived yet. But there is time, so... We'll see if it actually happens though. The book signing I mean. Covid numbers are crazy here and while some people are worried, it seems that most are not. I don't know what the venue will do yet. So...

Other than that... I got nothing...

Behave! 

 

Weekend Wrap Up...

Here we are at Sunday afternoon...

Man. I am tired. 

I did head back to work Thursday morning. We unloaded my gear in the snow and the day was crazy. I will be covering for a coworker in about two weeks for 3-6 weeks, so I need to make sure I'm proficient at her job. We've been cross-training for a long time now. Heck, I started cross-training before we went home two years ago, but it was with a different person (she retired), so different style. So anyways, we're supposed to be each others back up and we've been trying to get it done, but every time we get into the training, there's another outbreak and we're back home. And everyone else gets to stay home another week now, but I'm staying at the office. In fact, unless it's really bad, I will be staying at the office going forward. I can't do two jobs from home.

Anyway. 

We had the grands this weekend. It was awesome chaos! Mr. B got dropped off at work shortly before we ended our day. We made a quick trip to the grocery store for snacks and juice and then headed to pick up K5, ordering stromboli's on our way home. The kids were so freaking excited to see each other. It was so good. We got to spend a little bit of one on one time with each of them. K5 had a basketball game on Saturday, so we had just B for a little bit. And B was busy doing something, so it was just K5 and I for a bit. She had another basketball game today, so we packed up (like herding cats swimming in jello), got them lunch, and started the drop off trip. They were exhausted. We are exhausted, but it was really good. 

After drop off, we went shopping for clothes to wear to the wedding this coming weekend. That Man and I made a stop at where he'd seen pants he liked and then we met up with K4 so she could find something and so I could find a shirt. Very successful and quick. 

Now we're home and exhaustion doesn't even cover it. We straightened up the house before we left so we didn't walk into the chaos mess that was our weekend. Of course, the kids took most of that with them, but the rooms were clean, the dishes were done, and the worst of it was out of here. That was nice. Now it's laundry, which is normal. And I'm working on getting my words on the page. 

Tomorrow is back to the grind. And that is all...

Behave! 

Tuesday...

Well, here I am still at home. They extended our work from home through this week. I'm actually going back on Thursday due to a pile of work and other things that interfere with Monday, which is totally fine. 

We have the older grands this weekend, which should be a hoot. Only one will be surprised at this point because the beans got spilled. Ha! I still need to hit the store to make sure I have snacks and stuff. And clean my office (one of the reasons I'm taking my stuff back early. There would be no room to pull the bed out otherwise).

The snow was kind of a disappointment. It sucked to shovel and was just a mess. I've heard a little bit about the potential for snow tomorrow and possibly over the weekend, but we'll see. 

I was invited to a book event later on this year. My registration form is in the mail. It sounds like fun. We'll see. I have a signing coming up next month, and another in April, so this one kind of rounds the year out. 

I'm still waiting on my cover for Prophecy. It's due out in April, so it's maybe possible that I could have my print copies by the October signing. I hope! 

And that's all I have for now...

Behave!

Feel Good Friday

What a long week! 

Let's just hit the list, okay?

1. Getting an additional day to stay home. We're expecting snow Sunday into Monday, so we were told just to come back to the office on Tuesday instead. Nice. 

2. The shopping being done already. No going out and interacting with the "bread, eggs, & milk" crowd. I ran out at lunch today to get tomatoes and avocadoes and the store was absolutely insane. 

3. My brain seeming to be working when it comes to writing. I've hit decent numbers every day since our 50/50 started. I'm trying really hard not to push myself and burn out my cells. Ha!

4. Upcoming plans to have the older two grandchildren for the weekend! They haven't seen each other in a very long time. We're trying to surprise both of them, but we'll see. 

5. Snow in the forecast! Yay! Of course because I want it so much, we'll get nothing. 

6. Registering for our yearly Jeep event. Now all I have to do is pick a hotel and reserve it. But it's exciting!

7. Light weekend plans. We're doing some house stuff and not much else. And I like it that way. We might take the Santa stuff off of the porch, but we'll see...

8. Fun stuff coming up. We've got a wedding, family coming in from out of town, and then That Man and I have a little trip planned. 

That's about it! 

Behave!

Weekend Wrap Up...

I know we're only halfway through Sunday, but the rest of my day will be spent napping and relaxing, with a little bit of laundry thrown in there for good measure!

My edits are done and sent back! Whooot! That's a huge relief! I am taking off the next two days. On Wednesday, my little writing group will start our 50 words a day for 50 days challenge. I need to be back up to speed with my current work in progress before then. 

Christmas is gone from this house. Well, mostly. The porch is still decorated, but it's too cold to do that now. And today it's freezing rain. As beautiful as the decorations were and how much I wanted to keep them up, it's good they're down. I like the extra space. 

Tomorrow is back to the day job. The best part of that is that I don't have to get dressed or go out in the cold. Ha! I'm due to go back to the office next Monday. The only way that will change is if we have more cases. So we'll see. 

This week should be quiet around here. Our original plans were cancelled temporarily. But we'll see what happens...

That's all I have for now. 

Behave! 

Post New Year Post...

Yeah, I'm lame. Sorry for not getting on here sooner. It's been a little crazy...

So let's back up a bit...

New Year's Eve was good. Just five people and three dogs. We talked and laughed. Ate some good food. Talked about how sad we are that Betty White passed away. 

New Year's Day was also good. We took a walk in the woods, in the rain, to check out this old truck That Man had seen through the trees. It was cool, but too far gone for restoration. But there's another one there that isn't in terrible shape, so we'll see... As we were walking we were making up our own "getting lost in the woods" stories. It was awesome. 

The kids came up for dinner. It was chaos, but fun. Got to hang with the grandboys and do our traditional LOTR watching. We got home early evening and continued the movie. Went to bed pretty early. Sunday was laundry and the usual Sunday stuff. 

Back to the day job on Monday. And then Tuesday we were told to go back home to work. We have several positive cases at work and within people we know. I stayed the day because That Man can't work from home and it made no sense to do multiple trips. Got set up when we got home and so far so good. Except my office heater died. 

Now I'm adjusting to working at home again. The dog is ecstatic. The cats just want to come into my office and eat my plants. I have another week after this one at this point, but we'll see if that changes or not.

I don't know if I'll do a "year in review" or not. Seriously not much happened this year. 

Behave!