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Hello SG land! This may be a longish one. I've been a busy girl lately. So busy in fact I've barely been online, let alone this site, in almost 2 months.
Things at work are going as predicted. With my boss leaving it doesn't appear that I'll be promoted. There's been talk of not replacing him and restructuring the departments that worked for him but nothing has been decided. Things are functioning ok without him so why replace him when you can just keep giving the remaining people more work? I have no room to talk I suppose. I didn't get much new stuff when he left and I haven't had to work over time. Other things are still in flux with my personal life so I don't know if taking the career step up would be wise at this point.
Things have been going very well with the guy I complained a bit about in my last blog. So well in fact he's been a big reason I haven't been online. If we're not at work or at the gym we're almost always together and we're not sick of each other. I see a real future with him and he sees one with me. We went to see the Verve Pipe play last weekend with his group of friends. We all got pretty drunk and had a good time and his best friend pulled me aside and told me that Dr. BF is a really good guy. I told him I know. He said all of their friends really like me so far so I need to stop holding back when I'm around them. He also told me that Dr. BF loves the shit out of me. I already knew that because Dr told me himself. He hadn't said anything to his friends yet but apparently it's obvious to his BFF.
Dr. BF has really been struggling at work. If I worked there I would really struggle too. Half assing things in the medical field is not ok. His boss threatening to fire him when he expects people to be held accountable for not doing their jobs is not ok. His contract with that hospital expires in July, as does the lease on his apartment. He came across a job posting for a hospital in the city about an hour north of us where I've done a lot of photo shoots, that's very close to where Inkblot98 lives. He sent in his resume last Friday. He's worked over the phone with one of the practice vets a few times and they seem to have a good working relationship. It won't surprise me at all if he gets the job.
I've been in contact with my old boss and let him know what's been going on. He said that I really need to talk to the boss that's still there and tell him I'm concerned that it's not looking like I'm going to be promoted and maybe ask for more money since the girl we hired to replace me last time I was promoted still doesn't seem to be learning so I've keep a lot of the mortgage servicing duties. I also told him about Dr. BF applying for a job near where my old boss's house is, which his wife and kids will be moving out of once the school year is over to join him in Ohio. He said Dr. BF is welcome to buy the house, or even rent it. So I have some decisions to make.
I really see a future with this man. We'd talked about living together when his lease expires and he would just put up with the job he has now for another year. If he gets this new job he would have a place to live that would be plenty big enough for the two of us, our 3 cats, and all of our crap. It's in a city I could see myself living in. That city had crossed my mind before because it's closer to Inkblot98 and where I shoot and it's bigger than the city I'm in now. The timing just feels off. I wouldn't be willing to make the commute to my current office like my old boss did. I can't afford the gas. If I don't get promoted the remaining bosses may allow me to work remotely from home. There are so many variables right now it's a little overwhelming. I don't even know if he's going to be offered the job anyway so it's silly to worry about it.
Speaking of the lovely lady Inkblot98, I did a shoot with her a few weeks ago and just got a disc of the edited photos in the mail. I don't know how she makes me look so pretty!
I guess this was all a long way of saying I may be taking a hiatus from this site. I certainly won't be archiving myself since this is something I enjoy, I just don't have the time right now between work, Dr. BF, and half marathon training. The half is a little over a week away and while some time should be freed up after that I'm considering doing another in the fall so I may still not have much free time.
XOXO
Things at work are going as predicted. With my boss leaving it doesn't appear that I'll be promoted. There's been talk of not replacing him and restructuring the departments that worked for him but nothing has been decided. Things are functioning ok without him so why replace him when you can just keep giving the remaining people more work? I have no room to talk I suppose. I didn't get much new stuff when he left and I haven't had to work over time. Other things are still in flux with my personal life so I don't know if taking the career step up would be wise at this point.
Things have been going very well with the guy I complained a bit about in my last blog. So well in fact he's been a big reason I haven't been online. If we're not at work or at the gym we're almost always together and we're not sick of each other. I see a real future with him and he sees one with me. We went to see the Verve Pipe play last weekend with his group of friends. We all got pretty drunk and had a good time and his best friend pulled me aside and told me that Dr. BF is a really good guy. I told him I know. He said all of their friends really like me so far so I need to stop holding back when I'm around them. He also told me that Dr. BF loves the shit out of me. I already knew that because Dr told me himself. He hadn't said anything to his friends yet but apparently it's obvious to his BFF.
Dr. BF has really been struggling at work. If I worked there I would really struggle too. Half assing things in the medical field is not ok. His boss threatening to fire him when he expects people to be held accountable for not doing their jobs is not ok. His contract with that hospital expires in July, as does the lease on his apartment. He came across a job posting for a hospital in the city about an hour north of us where I've done a lot of photo shoots, that's very close to where Inkblot98 lives. He sent in his resume last Friday. He's worked over the phone with one of the practice vets a few times and they seem to have a good working relationship. It won't surprise me at all if he gets the job.
I've been in contact with my old boss and let him know what's been going on. He said that I really need to talk to the boss that's still there and tell him I'm concerned that it's not looking like I'm going to be promoted and maybe ask for more money since the girl we hired to replace me last time I was promoted still doesn't seem to be learning so I've keep a lot of the mortgage servicing duties. I also told him about Dr. BF applying for a job near where my old boss's house is, which his wife and kids will be moving out of once the school year is over to join him in Ohio. He said Dr. BF is welcome to buy the house, or even rent it. So I have some decisions to make.
I really see a future with this man. We'd talked about living together when his lease expires and he would just put up with the job he has now for another year. If he gets this new job he would have a place to live that would be plenty big enough for the two of us, our 3 cats, and all of our crap. It's in a city I could see myself living in. That city had crossed my mind before because it's closer to Inkblot98 and where I shoot and it's bigger than the city I'm in now. The timing just feels off. I wouldn't be willing to make the commute to my current office like my old boss did. I can't afford the gas. If I don't get promoted the remaining bosses may allow me to work remotely from home. There are so many variables right now it's a little overwhelming. I don't even know if he's going to be offered the job anyway so it's silly to worry about it.
Speaking of the lovely lady Inkblot98, I did a shoot with her a few weeks ago and just got a disc of the edited photos in the mail. I don't know how she makes me look so pretty!
I guess this was all a long way of saying I may be taking a hiatus from this site. I certainly won't be archiving myself since this is something I enjoy, I just don't have the time right now between work, Dr. BF, and half marathon training. The half is a little over a week away and while some time should be freed up after that I'm considering doing another in the fall so I may still not have much free time.
XOXO
Sorry to everyone who has sent me a message in the last month that I haven't gotten back to yet. I will do my best to reply. I haven't been online much lately.
I started training for my second half marathon which means I'm spending about 2 hours at the gym at a time 5 days a week running on the treadmill, lifting weights, or doing yoga. That's cut down on my lazy on the computer time and the days I'm not at the gym I'm trying to spend out with people to make some friends around here.
Things are falling apart around my house. My Mustang has refused to start since December. My dad swore up and down that it was the battery from sitting during winter but after charging the battery and the car still refusing to start he thinks it's the fuel pump. I'm going to have to have it towed somewhere to get repaired. I have a Malibu I've been driving during the winter and the power steering went out suddenly a few weeks ago because there was a hole in one of the hoses and it was rapidly losing fluid.
About a third of the insulation in my garage has been knocked down by the chipmunk that moved in there to escape winter and the roof leaking. I don't think I can fix the roof but I might be able to fix the insulation myself. When the weather warms up I'm going to get with my neighbor who's a roofer to see if he can repair it or if it needs to be replaced.
My dishwasher was leaking into my basement and my furnace was slowly dying. I got a bonus at work that I was going to remodel the kitchen with but I had to replace the furnace and dishwasher instead so I still hate my kitchen. I bought new ceiling tiles to replace the gawdawful industrial looking drop ceiling and the tiles don't fit.
I let a friend move into my house at the end of November and she told me that she'll be moving out by the beginning of May. I'm relieved because she's my friend but I don't think we should live together. I miss having my house to myself. I never thought I'd say that. After she moves out I'm going to try to do some paintings to hang around the house. I'm also considering repainting the walls to update the house a bit and make it more mine. A lot of the rooms were painted by the previous owners. I don't mind most of their paint choices but I feel like a change would be nice to make the house more mine since I think I'll be settling here for a lot longer than I expected.
I might be getting another promotion at work in a few months. There's a supervisor position that's been open for a few months and my boss has asked me if I want to apply for it a few times. I really thought about it and decided to go for it. We had a meeting about it and there is some training he wants me to do for my current position first and then we can talk more about the promotion in a few months. That's fair. I know I still have a lot to learn about my current position. If I end up getting this promotion I'll be in Michigan indefinitely.
Being here indefinitely is a strange thought. This town has never felt like home. When I moved here it was supposed to be temporary. Now that it's looking more permanent I'm realizing I need to make a bigger effort to get to know this place and the people here. I still feel alone here but I'm hoping that will get better.
Time to try to do a nice long run on the treadmill!
I started training for my second half marathon which means I'm spending about 2 hours at the gym at a time 5 days a week running on the treadmill, lifting weights, or doing yoga. That's cut down on my lazy on the computer time and the days I'm not at the gym I'm trying to spend out with people to make some friends around here.
Things are falling apart around my house. My Mustang has refused to start since December. My dad swore up and down that it was the battery from sitting during winter but after charging the battery and the car still refusing to start he thinks it's the fuel pump. I'm going to have to have it towed somewhere to get repaired. I have a Malibu I've been driving during the winter and the power steering went out suddenly a few weeks ago because there was a hole in one of the hoses and it was rapidly losing fluid.
About a third of the insulation in my garage has been knocked down by the chipmunk that moved in there to escape winter and the roof leaking. I don't think I can fix the roof but I might be able to fix the insulation myself. When the weather warms up I'm going to get with my neighbor who's a roofer to see if he can repair it or if it needs to be replaced.
My dishwasher was leaking into my basement and my furnace was slowly dying. I got a bonus at work that I was going to remodel the kitchen with but I had to replace the furnace and dishwasher instead so I still hate my kitchen. I bought new ceiling tiles to replace the gawdawful industrial looking drop ceiling and the tiles don't fit.
I let a friend move into my house at the end of November and she told me that she'll be moving out by the beginning of May. I'm relieved because she's my friend but I don't think we should live together. I miss having my house to myself. I never thought I'd say that. After she moves out I'm going to try to do some paintings to hang around the house. I'm also considering repainting the walls to update the house a bit and make it more mine. A lot of the rooms were painted by the previous owners. I don't mind most of their paint choices but I feel like a change would be nice to make the house more mine since I think I'll be settling here for a lot longer than I expected.
I might be getting another promotion at work in a few months. There's a supervisor position that's been open for a few months and my boss has asked me if I want to apply for it a few times. I really thought about it and decided to go for it. We had a meeting about it and there is some training he wants me to do for my current position first and then we can talk more about the promotion in a few months. That's fair. I know I still have a lot to learn about my current position. If I end up getting this promotion I'll be in Michigan indefinitely.
Being here indefinitely is a strange thought. This town has never felt like home. When I moved here it was supposed to be temporary. Now that it's looking more permanent I'm realizing I need to make a bigger effort to get to know this place and the people here. I still feel alone here but I'm hoping that will get better.
Time to try to do a nice long run on the treadmill!
New set in MR!!!!!!! Check it out and let me know what you think. I really like this one. It's somewhat sophisticated yet a little goofy and my kitty had to make sure she got in at least one shot.
My new set goes up in 3 days!!!!!!! Check it out on February 2nd. I'm so excited!
This is one of my favorite pics from the shoot. That's my kitty Molly. 10 points to you if you noticed there as a cat in the photo before reading this. She was determined to try to get in every shot she could. InkBlot98 had to run kitty interference for the entire shoot.
This is one of my favorite pics from the shoot. That's my kitty Molly. 10 points to you if you noticed there as a cat in the photo before reading this. She was determined to try to get in every shot she could. InkBlot98 had to run kitty interference for the entire shoot.
Happy New Year!!!!
Jeez, I need to try to remember what I've been up to since I've had much time to spend on the internet for anything besides work.
I guess I'll start there. Work has been really busy. We had a few people quit, which of course means more work for those of us remaining. Being salary sucks BTW. I got promoted back in May and in my opinion we still haven't found a good replacement for me. We hired one temp who didn't really do anything so she was let go after about 2 months. We hired another who happens to be drop dead gorgeous. She's also as dumb as a rock. She's very nice but she's just not very smart and after 6 months isn't really getting the hang of things. I've told my boss that I have some concerns and he thinks we didn't take the time to properly train her. I've showed her the same things over and over and she still doesn't know how to do them. He seems set on keeping her around. Sigh.
I probably haven't spent as much time training her as I should have but I've had my own things to do, one of them was the conclusion of a project I've been working on for almost 2 years. I work in mortgage servicing and this project is automating property tax payments. Between our software company and our tax service being somewhat inept at the start up it's taken for-fucking-ever. I finally finished everything and got it working literally at the 11th hour, around 5:00pm on the Friday before I left for Phoenix for Christmas. I was literally going to give myself an ulcer and lose my shit if I couldn't get that working before I left. As it was I had to bring a company laptop and work on it some during my vacation because the new girl is just too dumb to be trusted with it.
My trip home for Christmas was pretty fucking awesome in spite of having to spend an hour or two a day working. The weather in Phoenix was perfect so I got to go running TWICE! It's way too cold in Michigan for me to run this time of year.
Here was my lovely view for the plane ride.
On Christmas Eve my dad, his two sisters, and their husbands and I went on a nice 4 mile hike. The trail was unbelievably crowded, especially for a holiday. We are probably going to make a hike an annual tradition because we all enjoyed it so much and it kept us from sitting on our asses pigging out.
Here are some pretty pics of the mountain we were on.
Me and dad! He amazes me with how active he is in his 60's.
Christmas was possibly better this year, but really weird. We had Christmas at my aunt's house but she wasn't there. She let us use her house while she was visiting her daughter in California since her's is the most convenient. I think it was better this year because my uncle and I brought a few bottles of wine. Normally no one in my family drinks. I poured a big glass of wine and parked my ass in a comfy chair and watched the festivities. My grandpa got on my case asking if I was even old enough to drink. I told him yes, I'm 29 now. He couldn't believe I'm so old. Thanks grandpa! Then he sternly told me not to drink too much.
I can't remember what day it was now but a day or two after Christmas my dad and I went to an indoor rock gym with his BFF since he was just out of college and his son who I grew up with. It's weird because I didn't really start being friends with the son even though we're the same age and went through high school having friends in common until I moved to Michigan. Maybe it was because we ended up going to different high schools. We all had a lot of fun and no one really got hurt. I just managed to scrape me knee on a wall since I'm such a klutz. My dad amazed me then too because he scaled the walls as well as us damn kids.
The next night I went to Muy Thai class with the son and had a stupid amount of fun. My ex hubby started training me in Tae Kwon Do so I wasn't a total newb. The dude was nice and held and wore some pads so I could practice kicking and punching. I accidentally got my hand between the pads he was holding up and punched him right in the face. He was a good sport about it and I didn't hurt him luckily. After that he put on his head protector and told me to try to punch him in the face so he could practice blocking. I played a little dirty and kicked him to make him drop his arms so I could hit him in the head.
After he let me beat him up he took me out to dinner and we had a really good time. I wish we'd started hanging out a long time ago. The last night I was in town he took me to a store called Fascinations. If you're ever in the Phoenix metro area you should check it out. It's the best sex shop I've ever been to. He was more than happy to help me shop for new lingerie to model in but I didn't find anything I liked in my size to even try on. We also found a jaw breaker ball gag. We both debated buying it just for shits and giggles.
Somewhere in there I got to see two of my friends I haven't seen in about 12 years. One moved to New Mexico and got married and the other I just kind of lost contact with. We all went to Dave And Busters and won a stupid amount of tickets. Then we went to the bar my friend who still lives around Phoenix works at for some drinks and Scrabble. It was cool seeing them again. I would never have recognized my friend who lives in NM if I saw him on the street because the hair seems to have migrated from the top of his head to his beard.
Unfortunately while I was on vacation I had to deal with stupid boy issues. I've been dating a guy since the beginning of December and he managed to be a pain in my ass while I was gone, and has such continued since I've been back. Oh well, such are the risks of dating I suppose. I think if I still lived in Phoenix and all things being what they are now I would probably date my dad's friend's son. He's a cool guy. He admitted to staring at my ass while I was climbing the rock wall because he forgot our dad's were standing right there.
Since I've been back I've done one fucking sweet photo shoot. We've been trying to do this one since this summer.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, I have a set that was shot by Lavonne going into MR on February 2nd! I can't wait to see what you all think of it. We shot it during the summer and when I'd taken some clothes off Lavonne realized several of my neighbors' sons were congregated on my front porch staring in my living room window at us. Perverts. I guess they kept it a secret because no pissed off parents came to my door.
Jeez, I need to try to remember what I've been up to since I've had much time to spend on the internet for anything besides work.
I guess I'll start there. Work has been really busy. We had a few people quit, which of course means more work for those of us remaining. Being salary sucks BTW. I got promoted back in May and in my opinion we still haven't found a good replacement for me. We hired one temp who didn't really do anything so she was let go after about 2 months. We hired another who happens to be drop dead gorgeous. She's also as dumb as a rock. She's very nice but she's just not very smart and after 6 months isn't really getting the hang of things. I've told my boss that I have some concerns and he thinks we didn't take the time to properly train her. I've showed her the same things over and over and she still doesn't know how to do them. He seems set on keeping her around. Sigh.
I probably haven't spent as much time training her as I should have but I've had my own things to do, one of them was the conclusion of a project I've been working on for almost 2 years. I work in mortgage servicing and this project is automating property tax payments. Between our software company and our tax service being somewhat inept at the start up it's taken for-fucking-ever. I finally finished everything and got it working literally at the 11th hour, around 5:00pm on the Friday before I left for Phoenix for Christmas. I was literally going to give myself an ulcer and lose my shit if I couldn't get that working before I left. As it was I had to bring a company laptop and work on it some during my vacation because the new girl is just too dumb to be trusted with it.
My trip home for Christmas was pretty fucking awesome in spite of having to spend an hour or two a day working. The weather in Phoenix was perfect so I got to go running TWICE! It's way too cold in Michigan for me to run this time of year.
Here was my lovely view for the plane ride.
On Christmas Eve my dad, his two sisters, and their husbands and I went on a nice 4 mile hike. The trail was unbelievably crowded, especially for a holiday. We are probably going to make a hike an annual tradition because we all enjoyed it so much and it kept us from sitting on our asses pigging out.
Here are some pretty pics of the mountain we were on.
Me and dad! He amazes me with how active he is in his 60's.
Christmas was possibly better this year, but really weird. We had Christmas at my aunt's house but she wasn't there. She let us use her house while she was visiting her daughter in California since her's is the most convenient. I think it was better this year because my uncle and I brought a few bottles of wine. Normally no one in my family drinks. I poured a big glass of wine and parked my ass in a comfy chair and watched the festivities. My grandpa got on my case asking if I was even old enough to drink. I told him yes, I'm 29 now. He couldn't believe I'm so old. Thanks grandpa! Then he sternly told me not to drink too much.
I can't remember what day it was now but a day or two after Christmas my dad and I went to an indoor rock gym with his BFF since he was just out of college and his son who I grew up with. It's weird because I didn't really start being friends with the son even though we're the same age and went through high school having friends in common until I moved to Michigan. Maybe it was because we ended up going to different high schools. We all had a lot of fun and no one really got hurt. I just managed to scrape me knee on a wall since I'm such a klutz. My dad amazed me then too because he scaled the walls as well as us damn kids.
The next night I went to Muy Thai class with the son and had a stupid amount of fun. My ex hubby started training me in Tae Kwon Do so I wasn't a total newb. The dude was nice and held and wore some pads so I could practice kicking and punching. I accidentally got my hand between the pads he was holding up and punched him right in the face. He was a good sport about it and I didn't hurt him luckily. After that he put on his head protector and told me to try to punch him in the face so he could practice blocking. I played a little dirty and kicked him to make him drop his arms so I could hit him in the head.
After he let me beat him up he took me out to dinner and we had a really good time. I wish we'd started hanging out a long time ago. The last night I was in town he took me to a store called Fascinations. If you're ever in the Phoenix metro area you should check it out. It's the best sex shop I've ever been to. He was more than happy to help me shop for new lingerie to model in but I didn't find anything I liked in my size to even try on. We also found a jaw breaker ball gag. We both debated buying it just for shits and giggles.
Somewhere in there I got to see two of my friends I haven't seen in about 12 years. One moved to New Mexico and got married and the other I just kind of lost contact with. We all went to Dave And Busters and won a stupid amount of tickets. Then we went to the bar my friend who still lives around Phoenix works at for some drinks and Scrabble. It was cool seeing them again. I would never have recognized my friend who lives in NM if I saw him on the street because the hair seems to have migrated from the top of his head to his beard.
Unfortunately while I was on vacation I had to deal with stupid boy issues. I've been dating a guy since the beginning of December and he managed to be a pain in my ass while I was gone, and has such continued since I've been back. Oh well, such are the risks of dating I suppose. I think if I still lived in Phoenix and all things being what they are now I would probably date my dad's friend's son. He's a cool guy. He admitted to staring at my ass while I was climbing the rock wall because he forgot our dad's were standing right there.
Since I've been back I've done one fucking sweet photo shoot. We've been trying to do this one since this summer.
Lastly, and maybe most importantly, I have a set that was shot by Lavonne going into MR on February 2nd! I can't wait to see what you all think of it. We shot it during the summer and when I'd taken some clothes off Lavonne realized several of my neighbors' sons were congregated on my front porch staring in my living room window at us. Perverts. I guess they kept it a secret because no pissed off parents came to my door.
I wrote a poem.
This thought
This feeling
There and gone
A flash of lightening
Gone as the remnants
Of a dream
Forgotten upon waking
What does it mean?
Like a blink
It happened so fast
And gone in a flash
The feeling can't last
I know it's not great but the person who it was written for understood the meaning pretty clearly.
I have a long blog to post about my holiday season, which I'm hoping to get to this weekend with some pictures. I haven't been on the computer much at all lately except to work. I hope all my SG Land friends had excellent holidays!
Oh, and I have a new set going up in February!!!!!! It was shot by the lovely and talented Lavonne. I'll post teasers soon.
This thought
This feeling
There and gone
A flash of lightening
Gone as the remnants
Of a dream
Forgotten upon waking
What does it mean?
Like a blink
It happened so fast
And gone in a flash
The feeling can't last
I know it's not great but the person who it was written for understood the meaning pretty clearly.
I have a long blog to post about my holiday season, which I'm hoping to get to this weekend with some pictures. I haven't been on the computer much at all lately except to work. I hope all my SG Land friends had excellent holidays!
Oh, and I have a new set going up in February!!!!!! It was shot by the lovely and talented Lavonne. I'll post teasers soon.
Been busy, so not much updating. Right now I don't even understand why I have a computer since I'm never online anymore.
So recently my adorable little redhead friend broke up with her BF and moved in with me and promptly started dating one of our IT guys. He's really good for her and they make me smile. We had our work Christmas party last Saturday and had lots of fun. There was lots of wine going around.
Me and my first roomie
Roomie and her new beau. He got all dressed up for her.
Me and the dude I've been dating. I showed this pic to a coworker and she said all she could focus on was the light on his head and my boobs.
The 4 of us have been hanging out and I feel like I gained two roommates since my friend's BF is always here, and is right now. We played card game that has dares and one of them was the boys had to arm wrestle. Mine won.
Other than hanging out with this crazy crowd work has been bat shit insane. I finished a project I've been working on for the last 2 years today. I'm now on vacation so if I didn't finish it today I would have been royally screwed. My boss is really proud of me. I guess I'm important at work now because I'm taking a company laptop to Phoenix with me for Christmas because there's still no one else in the company that knows how to do the things I do there. My boss says he'll try not to call me much but we have two phone meetings scheduled for the day after Christmas and when I told him my dad wants to go hiking in the mountains and I won't have phone service he asked that I text him before we go so he knows why I'm not responding.
So tired now.
So recently my adorable little redhead friend broke up with her BF and moved in with me and promptly started dating one of our IT guys. He's really good for her and they make me smile. We had our work Christmas party last Saturday and had lots of fun. There was lots of wine going around.
Me and my first roomie
Roomie and her new beau. He got all dressed up for her.
Me and the dude I've been dating. I showed this pic to a coworker and she said all she could focus on was the light on his head and my boobs.
The 4 of us have been hanging out and I feel like I gained two roommates since my friend's BF is always here, and is right now. We played card game that has dares and one of them was the boys had to arm wrestle. Mine won.
Other than hanging out with this crazy crowd work has been bat shit insane. I finished a project I've been working on for the last 2 years today. I'm now on vacation so if I didn't finish it today I would have been royally screwed. My boss is really proud of me. I guess I'm important at work now because I'm taking a company laptop to Phoenix with me for Christmas because there's still no one else in the company that knows how to do the things I do there. My boss says he'll try not to call me much but we have two phone meetings scheduled for the day after Christmas and when I told him my dad wants to go hiking in the mountains and I won't have phone service he asked that I text him before we go so he knows why I'm not responding.
So tired now.
