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Another Christmas season has come and gone.  I had several days off, and yet it flew by so quickly I found it hard to believe that I had to return back to work this week.  (Ok, ok, I'm only in 1.5 days this week and then out until Jan 2, so I can't really complain).  Saturday evening we were at my aunt's with my dad's family.  We visited, played three hours of dominoes, ate a delicious meal, listened to Christmas music, played with the dogs, took photos, and reminisced about my grandparents with a box of old photos my aunt found.  It was super lowkey, as it often is with that bunch, but full of good laughs and stories.  It was perfect.  Except we were missing a few family members that live out of country/state...but we FaceTimed and Skyped with them both so thank goodness for technology.   My godson spent a good part of the evening being creative while us adults played dominoes.  He started making me "books," and would point o...

This is the last time in our lifetime that we'll have the month, day, and year match.  I'm not sure why that is so cool, but it is.  It's kind of like the wish you make when the clock reads 11:11, as if that time were something magical.  Maybe I should make a wish today.  I'm crazy enough to believe in that kind of thing from time to time (though I can't pinpoint a single time a 11:11 wish has actually come true).  At any rate, the fact that today is 12/12/12 is pretty cool.  And I'll probably make a wish. It also reminds me that the holidays are getting closer!  I love this time of year.  My work always seems to take a slightly slower pace and feel more tolerable.  The stresses are lower, which is always a good thing. I usually have PTO left to use (or lose) at this time of year, so I get a few extra days off in addition to the holidays.  I love this.  Every year I vow to use my PTO more wisely...

A 15-hour journey later, and I'm home, in my pjs on my own couch.  Ahhhhh, it feels good.  It's been quite the week.  Jet lag, accompanied by a busy work schedule, leads to a very confused and tired body.  We'll see if I can stay up until 9 or 10 tonight. I did sleep 11.5 hours that first night there, and felt amazing the next day.  We ran around the hotel, stuffing packets and printing documents, getting ready for our guests.  I met one of our VIPs at the heliport where we had him transferred from the airport to our hotel...by helicopter, if that wasn't obvious.  Oh to be important enough to get to arrive by helicopter.  However, the jet lag really caught up to me, and I had a hard time sleeping that second night (and every subsequent night).  I was even told to head back to the hotel early during one of our events because I was taking the early (4:30am) shift the following morning.  That night I fell asleep at 1am, 4 hours aft...