Sunday, October 28, 2007

All good things must come to an end!

Well, my vacation officially ends in 10 hours and 52 minutes. I will return to work tomorrow morning, while excited, a little remorseful that the fun filled days of sleeping in, waking up to a home cooked breakfast that I didn't have to make, and the temperature in the mid-80's is now over. My cousin did NOT do as directed, and is still "with child". She's now a week overdue and I didn't get to meet Malachi. Looks like I will have to wait until my wedding :o( We are praying she goes before Thursday because she doesn't want to be induced, and they are looking to induce her if she doesn't go by Thursday. She is so pregnant, I don't know how the poor girl can stand without falling over. She is all baby, and all forward carrying.


Anyways, our vacation was nice. We didn't have a set plan except for spend a lot of quality time with family. We played games, ate, went to the beach, visited with family, played more games. I warned Tony before we went that we are a game family. We can sit around and play games for hours. I don't know that he believed me. Even after day 2, and we were still playing lots of games, he figured it was just because he was there. But my aunt and I assured him, we weren't doing anything special just because he was there ;o) that's just the kind of people we are. We LOVE games. Tony got hooked on a few fun ones, Golf, and Up the River-Down the River. And by hooked I mean since we got home we've been a little busy and couldn't sit down to play a game until yesterday, and he sat down stating "I can't believe you made me wait 2 days to play this game!". Ha....he's officially part of our family!


Here are a few pics of our vacation. My Aunt Mickie, my cousin Wendy (the pregnant one), my cousin Nicole, my Uncle Larry, and Tony and I at various places around Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Newport News.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

You've GOT to be kidding me!?!

"LONDON (AFP) - Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social
relationships, according to a study by researchers."

You have GOT to be kidding me! Who comes up with this stuff? Can I get paid to make ridiculous theories? I am pretty sure that as mature adults, we can express our feelings just fine with appropriate language, as well as develop social relationships without any hiccups. I don't know who the researchers were on this quest, but I am pretty sure, under my right to make ridiculous theories as well, that these researchers polled people with a very narrow vocab, and who weren't hugged enough as a child.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Testing, testing, is this thing on?




This blogging thing is new to me. My family started one on another site, but I have come to like this site from all those whose blogs I read on here. We'll see how well I keep up with this. I don't have too much extra time to write about my life, plus I'm a strong proponent of talking to those who I want to know about my life. I have come to realize though, that those that matter most to me are scattered all over the earth now and making that many phone calls just isn't possible anymore.


I get to leave to go on vacation Friday morning. While I am NOT excited about having to be at the airport at 5am, I am excited that Thursday night at 9pm I am done working for 10 straight days! I haven't had a vacation in a year, and it's starting to show. I really do love my job, I've just hit my 7 year anniversary mark here this past September. I love the families I work with, the children, and the staff. It just becomes a bit much to do the same thing over and over and over again, everyday for a year. I took a few days off here and there this summer because my fiance's mother and neice were up for a month visiting. It's just not the same as going away and having an extended amount of time off. I think for my sanity, and my relationship survival, I really really really need this! I also can't wait to see my family. I haven't seen them in about 2 years. Maybe that doesn't seem like too much time, but growing up I got to see my family 2 or 3 times a year, and family is VERY important to me!


2 more days of work and counting!