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December 03, 2009

I actually had an entire post written yesterday, but it was so full of bitter black bile and vitriol that I decided not to post it. I was disgusted with myself. So I gave myself a seasonal attitude adjustment, erased, and am beginning again.

But I will just say this�
Apparently Monday doesn�t have to be the worst indoor air-pollution day. Tuesday was bad enough to give me wheezing, sneezing, headache, & nosebleed. Today was only slightly better�no nosebleed.
Wednesday was a furiously busy day of other people�s mouths writing checks that MY ass had to cash. VP�s go visiting clients, and all hell breaks loose. I got an email at about 10:00 am, and four hours later I had designed, documented, converted, coded, implemented, tested, further documented, and deployed a program change.

A bit of perspective�something like that, IF prioritized as number one and extra-ordinarily expedited? Usually takes three weeks.

And that wasn�t even the only emergency situation I handled yesterday! (But today, which is usually crazy-hectic, was much more sensible than usual�so I guess things even out.)

In the Christmas news:
I have baked no cookies yet. But I spent three hours last night futzing around with carols so I can send them to my auntie in Phoenix. She was having one of her gossips with Spouse yesterday, and dropped a lead-pipe hint on him about not having any Christmas music, so he fully expected me to spend my evening remedying the situation (see other people�s mouths, above). And I, being the total sucker, did just that. I�m sending her about two and a half hours worth, complete with playlists and a custom coversheet. I truly do love doing that kind of crap, and I love my auntie, so I didn�t mind too much.

But can I just point out that he�s the one with all the time weighing heavy on his hands (up till now, that is. more below.)

And since I finally found out when my family is having Christmas, I made our hotel reservation for the 26th last night. Again, since I�m the one with the credit card, I get stuck with the booking. (Non-monetary) credit where it�s due, though. He did do all the research and pricing.

I haven�t gotten any decorating done�aside from the wreath on the front door, anyway. But I�m taking tomorrow as a vacation day and intend to get the tree done, if nothing else. I probably wouldn�t even bother, except I think it looks weird to have the outside done, but no tree in the living room. I�m just going to put my little three-footer on top of one of the stereo speakers; I don�t really have room for anything bigger.

I�ve barely gotten started on the card project, although I put together my labels template, and completed my questionnaire. But�that�s a priority for this weekend, along with getting some of the shopping out of the way. We�ve been shooting a few ideas around, and can at least get started.