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Dec. 16th, 2011 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljIt's almost HoHo day, boys and girls! If you celebrate, are you a last minute scrambler or are you hugely organized and are all decorated, bought and wrapped by now? I'm pretty organized for the most part. I do have to wrap things, or put them in gift bags and as i said recently, i didn't put my tree up which i miss. I need to nag the superintendant again on that drywalling. I'm taking next Friday off so i only have four more working days after today, then off until the New Year.
I've got the gym today and on Monday and i'll try to get there a couple of times over the holidays. I plan to borrow Mom's car and that makes it easier. One friend and I are having an afternoon movie and a bite to eat next Friday, probably see the new Sherlock Holmes movie as that was one she mentioned. I also want to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I was skeptical but the trailers and casting look pretty good so I think it might compare favourably with the Swedish version.
We're out after work today for a Christmas get together at a local bar. The Christmas potluck was yesterday but it was in the Finance department over across the harbour. We are now part of Finance apparently but it feels like we're very different and separate since they're there and we're here. I would have preferred us to have our own dinner in our office. Maybe next year. I didn't bother going.
Things in the office are getting quiet and next week will be even more so. Once the kids get off school, a lot of parents take vacation. The days between Christmas and New Year are like working in an empty office nearly. Just a skeleton crew. If you have stuff to do you can get a lot done, though.
Graham and I have our online webcam Christmas "party" next Friday night where we open our gifts together. Providing they arrive. Well, he's got his because i took them over in September when I went. I do have a post office card so i'm hoping that's his things arriving here for me. I know i said i was going to a movie and dinner but we're scheduling that for the afternoon with the food at normal suppertime so i'll be home in plenty of time. I know what he's got me this year as I had given him a list and he'd decided on some things off it. He's working on my song, of course, so that will be a surprise.
His dad is doing well, too which is great. There's a neighbour that's applied to be an official carer, too, so Graham knows he'll have someone to look in on him. The neighbour does up his meals and does his shopping for him and errands and also goes with him when he has appointments. When his dad is able to get out and about more, he'll go with him. The neighbour gets paid for doing that too through Social Services so it benefits him as well as he's currently unemployed. I don't think the payments affect his unemployment benefits either.
I guess that's enough of the here and there, this and that for now. Just wanted a quick update really.
I've got the gym today and on Monday and i'll try to get there a couple of times over the holidays. I plan to borrow Mom's car and that makes it easier. One friend and I are having an afternoon movie and a bite to eat next Friday, probably see the new Sherlock Holmes movie as that was one she mentioned. I also want to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I was skeptical but the trailers and casting look pretty good so I think it might compare favourably with the Swedish version.
We're out after work today for a Christmas get together at a local bar. The Christmas potluck was yesterday but it was in the Finance department over across the harbour. We are now part of Finance apparently but it feels like we're very different and separate since they're there and we're here. I would have preferred us to have our own dinner in our office. Maybe next year. I didn't bother going.
Things in the office are getting quiet and next week will be even more so. Once the kids get off school, a lot of parents take vacation. The days between Christmas and New Year are like working in an empty office nearly. Just a skeleton crew. If you have stuff to do you can get a lot done, though.
Graham and I have our online webcam Christmas "party" next Friday night where we open our gifts together. Providing they arrive. Well, he's got his because i took them over in September when I went. I do have a post office card so i'm hoping that's his things arriving here for me. I know i said i was going to a movie and dinner but we're scheduling that for the afternoon with the food at normal suppertime so i'll be home in plenty of time. I know what he's got me this year as I had given him a list and he'd decided on some things off it. He's working on my song, of course, so that will be a surprise.
His dad is doing well, too which is great. There's a neighbour that's applied to be an official carer, too, so Graham knows he'll have someone to look in on him. The neighbour does up his meals and does his shopping for him and errands and also goes with him when he has appointments. When his dad is able to get out and about more, he'll go with him. The neighbour gets paid for doing that too through Social Services so it benefits him as well as he's currently unemployed. I don't think the payments affect his unemployment benefits either.
I guess that's enough of the here and there, this and that for now. Just wanted a quick update really.
