So I suppose I should make mention first that it’s been quite some time that I’ve posted in my real blog, most of my posts have been going to LJ. I try to keep this place a bit more “formal” than my free-form posts in LJ.
I spent a week out of town for work, in Chicago and then driving through IN to Cleveland, IL. When I was done in Cleveland, I drove back to Chicago and flew home. Aside from the bad weather during the tail-end of being in Cleveland, I had a pretty good time overall. I got to hang out with Phuzion when I was in Cleveland, and AJ when I was in Chicago. It was definitely one of those opportunities that don’t come around very often so I had to take advantage of them when they arose.
Couple days in the office, then Christmas came. Not nearly as stressful as usual, though some stresses are always bound to happen. That’s what you get when both your parents are born on Christmas day. At any rate, I made out pretty good with a lot of necessities, moreso than things I just “wanted” – ink for my printer, an electric shaver, clothes, and other miscellaneous things. I got my mom a new computer which she was totally ecstatic about. Installed a bunch of her much-loved Adobe apps (CS3 is an amazing suite) and she was good to go. I got a steal on the box too.
I’ve been so extremely happy with Liz, she’s definitely a keeper. We exchanged gifts before she left for her parents’ for the holidays and I got lots of cute kiwi-related items. I got her this really awesome lamp that’s shaped like a Chinese takeout box that we saw in a store when she first moved into town, I knew she wanted it. I got the last one in stock, too. Score. The weekend before I left for out-of-town work I spent at her parents’ house with her, too. I beat everyone at Scrabble, oops. I felt kinda bad about that. I got to see her tonight too after all the festivities ended here. Can’t think of a better way to end the holiday.
I have the day off from work so I’m going to hit up a couple stores for after-Christmas sales hopefully. Can’t go wrong with a 2-day work week.