Hi Everyone! I am officially on vacation and today I acted like it. After church we came home, had lunch and I took a 2 hour nap. It felt great!
I did get the Visa out the door for the AD before I left work on Friday--actually had it to shipping by noon so it will reach the China Consulate on Monday A.M. I told her since I was going to be OOO, she was the contact so she needed to be sure to check her VM and handed her a copy of what I sent and informed here that I talked to one of the other Admin's who said if there were questions to answer she would help her. It felt good to hand that off.
I don't expect questions or anything as I feel I have done so many Chinese visas I could do them in my sleep, but you just never know.
I don't think I have posted since Wednesday. To catch things up I lost 1.4 lbs at TOPS on Thursday. Also, Thursday was our "Take our children to work day". It's a big event with classes in the labs and such. It really gets them interested in Science and things. I took my 4 nieces and we were all over that campus going to different events and my fit bit hit 11,824 steps! I was exhausted on Thursday night.
Yesterday we had DH's work cookout at his boss' house. They are a small company so it was pretty intimate. There are a couple of new people so it was nice to meet them and their spouses or significant other. It was HOT though. 90 degrees and 98% humidity. I stayed in the shade most of the time. I did play 2 rounds of corn hole...do you guys know that game?
DH and I are getting ready to get a bit at Friches Big Boy and then to WalMart for a few thing this week. I am also going to look at buying a new camera as my 10 yr old digital camera's internal battery won't charge anymore. I think I got my moneys worth out of it!
Ceejay: Did you get your fit bit?
Happy: Your shop is very busy!! $600 in sales during your shift is amazing! I would say you have a well run shop and you can pat yourself on the back for being part of it.
I laughed when you asked if I was spending the weekend working...no I am not, nor the week...I am truly on vacation!
Michelle: I hope you are feeling better and I'm glad those scales moved down for you.
Shad: I am going to try to remember how to get back to the dropbox (Michelle added me a long time ago) so I can check out the pictures.
Annie: I didn't know you had an interview on Friday but I've been praying about your job opportunities and I am praying hard about the interview that you just went on. When I got my job at P&G I had a 5 hour interview and it was intense so I know what you went through.
I'm sure you are sending "thank you" letters to those you interviewed with? I also did that and it seemed to always be something that they told me later help them to decided to pick me.
I am glad to hear you found a church that you enjoy attending.
Laura: After the motorcycle class will you then go take a test for your license? I think it is so cool that you are doing this!
Terra: I asked about your pen pal experience because I also have a pen pals. One I have had since we were both 14 yrs old! (we both are now in our late 40's!) She is from Denmark and we have met in person 3 times over all these years. She is a "friend" now and just not a pen pal. We still write letters from time to time and we Skype and also are friends on Facebook and we email.
I feel that this whole group are my "pen pals" as well!
I'm glad you are here posting daily and that I am getting to know you as well as the rest of these ladies.
Ok..time for me to go if I want to get some dinner!
I'm not sure how much I will post this week as we will be off running around but I'll try to get here a few times..and I always try to read the post from my phone.
Reminder to me not to jump up and volunteer to cover for people who are not willing to do the same for you... S did call in - she has a bee's nest in her yard and she keeps trying to eliminate it and gets stung in the process. The bee stings aggravate other medical issues and this time around it landed her in the emergency room. She stopped in the shop to see me as she thought it would be the last time we were together before my vacation. I was glad she came in because I had some fresh raspberries and a few peaches for her. She was getting woozy from the medication they gave her and I was swamped with customers so we didn't get a chance to talk much. She left and it was crazy busy at the store. I did over $600 in sales by myself. Often I had people 5 deep in line. And of course they were buying things that needed to be wrapped rather than just tossed in a bag. There is a sweet lady who does the laundry at the shelter and she looks just like Jessica Tandy in the Fried Green Tomatoes movie. She was at the shop while I was especially busy and God love her, she just came behind the counter and started wrapping things for me. 
She even had her official Humane Society t-shirt on. 
Glad it all worked out. Good luck with the motorcycle course - it sounds very involved but I'm sure it will be worth it for the education value it delivers. And that can only mean more safety for you and BF so good job! How hard it had to be to work all day and then attend a course until 10pm! Especially if you're an early to bed kind of person. I hope you do well and I know you will!
oh boy what an ordeal - it should NOT be this complicated. Sending you good wishes and prayers and all good things for your success. Glad you found a church that you and DH like. It's good to have that spiritual comfort around, particularly when you feel like questioning why life goes the way it does. Sounds like you are keeping yourself busy also. 
Some manager will probably get a big bonus for screwing this up so badly. 
I do know what corn hole is - is that the bean bags in the hole toss thing? I'm glad you were able to get your work caught up before you left - very PROUD that you handed off the last of the emergencies too. Have fun!
- not in Mom's gardens. 
Glad you got a chance to squeeze the youngin's. It's interesting that Royce is outpacing Lil Man. Maybe we need to stop calling J Lil Man 
I'm a bit perturbed that for all the extra shifts I cover over the winter for the snowbirds, no one is stepping up to fill in my days when I am gone in August 