The Holidays

It's true.  I totally fell into a shithouse and came out smelling like a rose.  Yeah, this is an off color start to this post but, it is nothing but truth.  I have a GREAT job.  I was fired from the job I had...16 years ago.  It was one of the WORST times of my life!  And the BEST time of my life.  You see, I was forced to move away and I got a chance to reinvent myself.  I kept some of my past under wraps, I didn't tell anyone I was fired from my old job.  And when I moved into this job, they knew I had a background in Electronics but, I never told them or any of the suppliers, or supplier representatives where I got said background.

I remember my first year working here, I started November 17, 1996.  Just before Thanksgiving.  I had to have 90 days in to be paid for the holiday, so I worked.  Christmas shutdown rolled in the next month, again, I had to have 90 days in to be paid for the holiday, so I worked.  I didn't mind.  I had some debts to clear up.  Which I did.  I worked the holidays the next few years as well.  Simply for the extra money.

I didn't define holiday very well now did I?  This is the part where I smell like the rose.  I work in Automotive.  And "The Big Three" as well as the littler three, all shut down for the holiday season.  Nothing builds, nothing ships in or out.  So nothing ships in or out of my office.  For me, the Christmas holiday, well this year it began at noon on Friday, December 21 and I came back to my office on Wednesday, January 2.  Yes, I am paid for those 7 business days as holiday pay.  It's like an extra week of vacation!  I typically work a bit here and there, check email and approve some invoices so I'm not as far behind on the return to my desk.  This year, I spent a lot of time with Jacob.  So much so that he cried when I had to go back to work.  :(

I didn't take or share many pictures over the holiday but, here are just a few.

It was a helicoptor kind of Christmas (and he LOVES them!)

Jeremy and I both laughed at this visit to Santa.  This was the night of Jacob's 7th Birthday (I'll share some photos of that later) and Santa asked Jacob what he wanted for Christmas.  It was A Christmas Story flashback for Jeremy and I when Jacob says "A basketball."  We have like 3 basketballs in the basement, and this kid has talked nothing but trains for months and months!

Has Santa ever left you a thank you note?

Kelsey and I did A LOT of this!  Though it was more of her sleeping ON me.



Birthday pictures to come soon!  As soon as I find that other memory card!