October's Almost Gone

And I haven't posted anything for over a month. Oops.

Just had a lot goin on... primarily my trip to San Diego a few weeks ago. Just got back last weekend. Was a great trip... got to see Beav, Mrs. Beav (& the little Beav Jr.'s), Halloween Nut (& her two Jr.s'), Shorty (& visited Red's grave), and I stayed with Radish & Company. Complete with requisite roadtrip to Santa Maria for more tat work (Halloween Nut also got her first tat ever). And Radish and I spent the entire time I wasn't out visiting either watching movies or curled up with a book. I'd brought along a new series of books I wanted to get her hooked on (Sherillyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series... and I succeeded, by the way), and also a bunch of books for myself, so we had plenty for the two weeks. I haven't had a more relaxing vacation... well, ever. It was great. Mom teased me about enjoying spending most of my vacation reading, but I told her that Radish and I are kindred spirits that way. :)

The train trip out was great (had a roomette to lay out and sleep for two nights), the train trip back sucked (attempted and failed miserably at getting comfy in a coach seat for two nights... my back was wrenched for four days after). Since a roomette costs an arm and a leg, I figure next time I'll try the train with a roomette for the trip out, and the plane for the trip back. 'Specially since by the end of a vacation I'm thoroughly exhausted and three days travel is just WAAAAY too long to contemplate, let alone execute.

Since I've been back, I've been scrambling to catch up with my tv shows. There are entirely too many good ones this season. I'm back to being a slave to my tv. *sigh* I know, I know... I don't really HAVE to, but I kinda have to. lol Fortunately, DVR's are awesome. *grin*

I came back to work on Monday, which was mostly in good shape during my absence. I've never been important enough in my workplace for everybody to start fussin when I'm about to leave for two weeks. lol I'm still gettin used to it. Good news is: it looks like we're splitting the department up, and I may have decent chances for another managerial kind of position. Bad news is: I've spent a good portion of the last week putting out fires and fixing some messes that folks knew about and some that I accidentally came across. It's been a trial... especially since I'm PMS'ing this week... but it's Friday, and that makes a whole lotta things better.

I'll probably be spending most of the weekend helping Mom prepare for her haunted house for Halloween on Tuesday. She's really gettin into it this year. So, of course, I'll be brushin out the ol' reliable witch's costume to hostess the night. I've certainly gotten a lotta mileage out of that costume.

After October craziness is over, I'm gonna have to start hunkerin down and focusin on this year's Christmas letter, if I want to get it out by December 1st. The end of the year is just such a busy time. And I know that IHOP Buddy is itchin to get away... anywhere, soon, so we'll probably be figuring something up together, too. Mom's kinda ditched the whole "Chicago for King Tut" trip in December, but I think that's okay. There IS such a thing as too much to do. :)

Okee, well, I'd best put my firefighter's hat back on and dive back into work. Just got back in from a VA appt... they're gonna start me on a new drug for my migraines. Umm... I've already forgotten the name. I'll get some generic version in the mail soon enough. I believe it's primary function is to help prevent seizures. *shrug* Guess we'll see.

Until later...