Vacation

Thanksgiving vacation is finally here. I can't say "Praise God" enough, I tell ya!

For only working two days this week, it sure was a rough two days! Yesterday was just crazy. My day started off in the eye Dr's office for two hours. Seems I somehow got a speck of dust or some sort of particle embedded in my little eyeball. I would have sworn it was a 2x4 the way it felt! The Dr put some stain stuff in my eye, then numbed it and took a big 'ole cotton swab and dug that booger out. Ugh! I don't do eyes and oh my gosh, the thought of that cotton swab coming at and then entering my eye was enough to make me want to puke. Luckily the numbing drops worked and I didn't feel a thing.

Then yesterday afternoon we had a Christmas Party Committee meeting at work. I'm on the committee. The party is two weeks away and the closer it gets the more stressed everyone becomes. We've all worked really hard to raise money and plan this baby. There are many different personalities on the committee and anytime you get that many different people working on one thing, there is bound to be a few rough spots. And let me just say-there have been some rough spots and some hurt feelings. I think the one thing that EVERYONE has to remember in a situation like this is that you can't (and won't) please everyone. Someone will always be unhappy with something. But anyway-yesterday's meeting was the longest and most stressful of them so far. Holy cow-it was amazing...and not in a good way. It's ok though-we are allowed to have our different opinions and we have to somehow find a compromise in the midst of everything. I'm sure once the party gets here, it will be fabulous and everything will go fine...until then though-yea I'm just praying that the next two weeks fly by.

Steve's day started out rough yesterday as well and he was grumpy all day. By time I talked to him after work, I was stressed and on edge from my meeting and he was stressed and on edge because of situations at his office. Yea, let's just say it wasn't pretty. Such is married life I guess though.

We both eventually made it home, I fixed dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, took my bath and climbed into bed to watch tv. Steve stayed in the living room and watched his shows until 10:00 and then came to bed too. By that time, we were both more relaxed and we were able to catch up on the days events without getting upset or anything else. It's always nice to have some downtime with the hubby, even if it is at 10:00 at night!

I hate that work has THAT much influence on us! Most of the time, I love that we work together. Since he's a Detective, his office is in a different building, so we rarely see each other during the day. I don't know that I would fully appreciate or understand the job he does, if I didn't work in Law Enforcement myself, even as a civilian. At the same time though, we know each other's co-workers and it's hard not form opinions of them based on the frustrations that they cause Steve or I. Does that make sense? Sometimes it's hard to keep our personal life separate from our work lives.

At last though-it's now Wednesday morning and I'm ready to get the heck out of dodge. We will leave here later on to travel to KC for the holiday. Tanner is with her Dad this year, so it'll just be Steve and I. I'm looking forward to hanging out with the fam and just relaxing for a few days. It'll be nice to get away from here.

I need to get off of here and go start getting ready. I've not packed a thing yet!

Toodles!