I'm back at work after being gone for a week. At least TWO people (one being my boss) said that they missed me. That is always a good sign when one comes back to work. My boss also said that it had been boring while I was gone. Does that mean that I can be the 'life of the day' (aka party) while here at work? Or is it that I just keep things going enough that it makes the day more interesting? I kind of like either thought! I do try to be positive and keep things going here at work. I had to laugh this morning - I had three meetings scheduled on the Tuesday that I took off (the first day of vacation) - one got moved to Wednesday, then got cancelled. One can cancelled altogether. Only one meeting continued - of course it would - it was a lunch meeting and I do order good lunches! Which means also - that instead of 3 sets of minutes for me to face this morning, I only have one. And that is good.
I had lots of emails - but most I don't have to do anything with - they were just information. I saved the ones I needed to, printed the ones I want to relook at and maybe see if there is something I need to do, and deleted a lot.
My time off was very good. My first day off we headed to Las Vegas for our granddaughter's wedding. It was very small - maybe 30 people? - but very nice. Our granddaughter was beautiful in her elegant gown, and the groom was handsome in his National Guard uniform. The wedding went well, and yes - she had asked me to officiate the wedding. I wrote the wedding ceremony specific for them and made it short yet complete. Several commented how nice it was - and others commented on how short it was! Didn't matter - they were still married at the end of it! The reception was nice and I had so much fun playing with our great-granddaughter.
Whew! Had to stop and get some pressing things completed.... and I accidentally deleted this - thank goodness it had set long enough to save to draft form! Now to get my train of thought back in motion!
So much for thinking I could come back to work and get back on my diet.... I was told "we have lots of food today so you can participate with us" from those around me. And I brought lunch. What to do. Of course I can't hurt their feelings - after all, they are my co-workers.... just saying.
We got back home Thursday afternoon, unpacked and repacked, and headed up to Flagstaff for the weekend on Friday. We stayed at a really nice place - very reasonable - about $100 a night for our suite - AND a hot breakfast was available each morning! We had a kitchen with everything for 4 people, a king-size bed, nice bath, and a small sitting area for watching TV. Only thing we didn't really care for was the "sofa" was like a 1/2 sofa - only had one 'arm'. We both could sit on it, but only one of us (me) got the corner with the arm. :-) (no, I'm not spoiled. much)
We walked the mall, drove to Williams one day and walked around there, ate lunch, and headed back. We decided to find another place next year to run away to - these places are getting too familiar. We love Flagstaff and love Prescott, but we have been so many times we run out of things we want to do. I mean, you can only walk the mall so many times at Flagstaff - and that mall isn't very big! But it was good to get away and just relax - which we did. Once we got back Sunday we picked Marley up and I did the grocery run. Every time I go to the grocery I am reminded why 1) I hate to go to the grocery store and 2) I get depressed over the high cost of what little I do get. I don't know how families can do it - back when we had our family I did a lot of 'scratch' meals, and we got by - but I guess we are more 'healthy' and 'selective' now. Geez - 3 boxes of cereal cost $10!
I took Monday off this week and I'm glad I did. It was nice to start work on a couple quilts for Christmas. I have them put together and ready to put binding on. That will keep me busy for the next few weeks. Need to sit down and see what else I can make for Christmas gifts. I want the gifts we give to be meaningful and useful - not something that I grabbed because I needed to buy another gift. I'm just that way. Which isn't so bad.
And now it's back to work and I need to get busy - lots of emails to go through, and things to sort out. My boss is in St. Louis and won't be back until Thursday - we will have a lot to catch up on then!
We're grateful to God for travel mercies this week - we certainly traveled a lot of miles. The wedding was outside and the weather was beautiful - and the weather in Flagstaff was cool and very nice. We were to have rain last night - but only got sprinkles I guess for I had no trouble coming in to work this morning - for which I am grateful.
God is good - all the time.
Blessings!
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