Sitting on the couch watching Desperate Housewives on Kenzie's Hulu with FG on one side and purring Pumpkin on the other side.
Lots to catch up on-
Work- It's been weird with the projects and the hours.
If you don't set boundaries, some of these customers will make demands that go above our scope of work, like training at 4am and stuff like that. In the past, leadership had our back but now they'll tell you go ahead and do whatever the customer wants.
So I'm trying to stop it at the customer level before they even make those demands. Sometimes I'm successful and sometimes I'm not, and I'm very frustrated with the direction that's headed. I'll do whatever needs to be done during normal working hours, but I don't enjoy being told that I have to work until midnight. Especially on salary. It's been really hard to make the hours come out in the wash this year.
In the meatime, I got a small bonus and a raise so I'm happy with that. Also my car died and the replacement car they gave me is not my favorite but I'll deal with it until I can get another one, which might be a while.
Travel- Cancun was literally the best vacation, even though there was a horrific glutening episode and I've never EVER been so sick and after 4 hours of puking I wondered if I'd have to go to a Mexican hospital but I was able to tough it out (all-inclusive resorts are the BEST- as long as I stick to plain salads).
Most of our vacations this year have involved the beach because it's easier to social distance on the beach. FG wanted to see snow so we spent the week before Christmas in the cute mountain town of Gaitlinburg, TN. We didn't go at the right time- it snowed the day we left!
Christmas- We got a (grand) baby early on Christmas day! I don't exactly deserve the title of Grandma, and have fought it, but FG's grandson has started calling me that, so who am I to correct the kid?
Litmas this year included a spontaneous dance party, which is always my favorite. We all pitched in to pay for professional house cleaning afterwards and I'm glad we did because the preliminary cleanup involved a shop vacuum.
Most years we skip it, but we all decided to exchange gifts this year. It was little things, and it felt fun instead of like a burden. Notably, FG got me a bidet. It's so awesome and I think now I can never go back to a regular toilet
That week between Christmas and New Years is always weird. Working a couple of days, sort of got my foot in two different work projects, and also taking some PTO. Looking forward to that fresh January start.
