Happy Saturday all!
For a change I'm not working this morning. I was supposed to sub but it got weird. I was asked earlier in the week whether I could sub for a meeting that is 5 minutes away from our house (15 minutes if I walk). Then yesterday the leader called me a work to say that there was a very strong chance she would be working. We agreed she would email me in the evening. By 8 p.m. (about the time I start getting sleepy) I hadn't heard from her. I phone her and she said there was a 99% chance she would work and could she phone me later. I told her that why don't we just assume I'm NOT working, and told her I'd be happy to fill in at any time.
I was sort of po'd because I really wanted to know if I would have to go to bed early enough to get up for work. I didn't understand all the farting around with it. Either yes she needed me to sub or no. I don't mind doing it, but I only get 1 morning a week to sleep in and needed to know if I could stay up late or not (late means until 11:00 p.m.)
Sorry I've been so quiet.
I really have nothing to say. I'm just very busy at work still trying to bring the off-course project in to meet the date of the pilot. I only have 50% confidence that it can be done.
I have little time or energy these days for anything other than work. That's not a bad thing. It's just one of those things that is.
It's a good thing from a work perspective given the acquisition and transition.
The meeting in NY next week got cancelled. Very odd, so no inkling of a transition plan yet. It was cancelled by the NY folks who were not very engaged in the concept of a meeting and from what I hear not very prepared. It would be nice to know what going on and the status of our jobs.
I am still in a much better position now than I was before our last vacation, because I am leading up a project that's critical to the business.
I still haven't figured out what to do with my found vacation days. I'm 98% leaning towards just staying home. I'm not sure that I'm in the mood to go away and would like to save the money for some other things.
I've been rather quiet lately. Frankly I haven't got much to say about anything much these days. I also don't have the time to keep up with the multiple thread and posting the same thing in multiple places.
Our thread to Alaska is nice, but I haven't got a whole lot to say about a trip that's over 570 days away. I'm more concerned with planning the big family holiday next October with the daughter-in-law (Lucy), a friend of her (Carmel) and the grandson (Ben) coming for a fortnight's.
I find it difficult to engage in a trip that's a year away, let alone a trip that is OVER a year and half away. Right now I'd like to make it to my birthday and still have a job.
I have only done the amount of planning that I was forced to do about something I can't get engaged in.
The good news is that by banking the DVC points we have left this year into next year, we won't have to borrow points from 2011. We'll have enough for a 2-bedroom at Old Key West for 14-nights. We'll stay at OKW because the units are much larger than any of the other resorts.
I have also had to have some discussions about tickets with Lucy, who apparently wants to buy a 14-day WDW Ultimate ticket (for UK residents only) that includes all the parks and water parks, PLUS a 14-day Orlando flex ticket that includes Universal's parks, Seaworld and their water park Aquatica, Wet n Wild and Busch Gardens.
I pointed out that the WDW ticket comes with 2 water parks, and questioned the need for another 2, or a grand total of 4 water parks. I mean how much time of a holiday can you spend in water parks? There's also the question of how they'll get to these other water parks because while I'll rent a car, I have not interest in them. I also don't really want to drive all the way to Tampa to go to Busch Gardens.
I know it's a year out, but there are facts I know about myself. I have never in my entire life wanted to drive to Tampa, especially not to see some animals.
I have stepped away and am letting Sukie deal with his daughter. You should see Sukie in stern father mode. It's quite a shock to the system. It's also interesting that his daughter is 33 but pretty much obeys what he lays down.
And so that is where I am. Busy and still employed.
Oh, one more thing. I bought the blu-ray Snow White that came out. Through a price reduction and a $10 off coupon I ended up paying $9 for it at
Amazon.
I was skeptical about an HD version of it, but it is AMAZING. Not so much for the movie, but for the bonus disk and materials. It has all the bonus stuff from the previous platinum version done in 2001, PLUS an entire new set of bonus materials. It's the new bonus materials that are worth the money. The new interactive documentary materials are AMAZING. It's the highlight of the set.
I have done this. It is really good, but I've never done it with chocolate. I used a spice mix. And added raisins and baked as a bundt cake.
)SUPER busy today, so I'm trying to catch up all over the place.
Police dog will be fun to see at Wilson's upcoming scout meeting.
I was showing him other peoples' fish tanks and when he saw one of Nan's, he asked "Why are there brains in her fish tank? Gross!"
The coral.
Four weeks till senior discounts! 
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You are going all over the place this weekend, it makes me tired reading about it 
But it is the rest of us that keeps the story going... We have gone through just about everything together from births to deaths to all in between... 
Maybe that is one reason I just can't seem to even consider getting started on the MR 10d cruise thread....it will just never be the same! 
to everyone!
