Ready for January!

Here it is, almost Christmas.  I'm ready for this bunch of holidays to be over and done with.  It seems like it's very difficult to get things accomplished.  Here in the Valley of the Sun, we have many people who "winter" here.  And these snowbirds, well, they love the weather and love to be out in it.  When it's 60, you can tell who lives here and who's a snowbird:  we're all wearing jackets and snowbirds are wearing shorts and flipflops!  lol



Odd dreams plagued me last night.  Some kind of odd travel over water, but not like the ocean. More like a river, only we rode on things that float.  We'd start at one point, travel over the water, then have to get out and trek across to the other side.  But we walked through what was part antique mall and part thrift store.  The thrift store portion was filled with mens pajamas:  those old fashioned ones from the 60s that were blue cotton tops and bottoms.   Hundreds of pairs of them.  Then we'd get to the other side and begin our surf over the water on our floaties.   Just weird.




Sadie and I have been doing a lot of walking.  ok.  I've been walking, she rides like a princess in her stroller.  But she loves it, gives her a chance to get out while I get to do the walking I so desperately need on a daily basis.   And it sure helps with the stress levels from work this time of year!

Work has been going ... oddly.  There are some things they want me involved in, other things they just take care of on their own.  I don't really care either way.  My job as supervisor is to make sure that folks are doing their job timely and correctly.  Sadly, I hate being a supervisor - to me it feels like being a babysitter.  These people are adults, they're being paid an adult salary, do your f*cking job! Sorry to be blunt about it, but when management says "do it this way", that's what you do.  Sure, they may put a fancy name on it "The Best Way", "The Real Deal", whatever they want to call it, you still have to follow their rules.  Break the rules, and someone is going to call you on it.  One of the gals does a good job on Mondays and Tuesdays, but the rest of the week, she seems to fall apart.  When talked to about it ... well, lets just say no conversation on that topic ever goes well.  They're moving her into another position in the store.  Probably best for all in the long run.

I have just a little more wrapping to do, then off to the UPS store I go, and then Christmas is done.  I cooked up a huge pot of stew, my son's favorite meal, and drove it over to him and his family.  They enjoyed it, and so did I!

With a headache the entire weekend, I've come to realize that I'm very sensitive to barometric pressure shifts.  When we get clouds in the Valley, ugh.  I plow through and try to keep them at bay with lots of water and healthy eats.  Did my week's worth of cooking, I have stew, baked chicken and potatoes, a large pot of chicken and rice soup, and my baked eggs with ham for breakfasts.  Can't go wrong with all that! 

But I'll be honest, I'm ready for January!