It's My Dad's Birthday

As I can't be 2 hours away with him, I'll wish him happy birthday from here and go to Thanksgiving next week with gift in hand. Sadly, my sweetie won't be there. But my sister will and that makes me happy.

I think I'm coming down with something. I started getting a sore throat last night and nothing had changed when I woke up this morning. Meh.

Short week.

No, it isn't National Short Person Week, it's just a 4 day work week for me. We play bingo at work and I won the last round, which meant I got to spin the roulette wheel to determine my prize options. I spun green (the best one!) so I got to pick either 1/2 day off paid or a 1 hour massage. I opted for the 1/2 day off (duh) and, now that I don't have any mutual days off with my sweetie, I'll be enjoying this Friday doing whatever with him. Woo!

...And so the holidays begin...

Now that Halloween has come and gone (fun costumes, tasty drinks, early out), the winter holidays are right around the corner and I am NOT ready for all of that hullaballoo. The plan at this point is Thanksgiving with my folks (just me) and Christmas Eve with my folks (both of us). Plans for Christmas Day aren't really set (part of it will be spent getting home from Eugene) but I'm sure that will solidify soon enough. We talked briefly about getting a small tree since our place isn't really big enough for a regular tree... and this would be my first tree since I've lived away from my family. We're also talking about going to Disney World in January for 5 days... if we're good about money until then, it should work out just fine.

Photos from Halloween coming soon...