PRESENTS!!!

The packages under the tree are steadily increasing! LOL I think I am going to have to let the tree skirt out a little more.

Mom needs me to go and run a few errands for her, so I am probably going to her house either today or tomorrow. It would be better tomorrow, because the traffic will be lighter.

As a Senior 911 Telecommunicator, I am taking some of the same classes that the new supervisors are taking. Well, remember when I told you that I will be off on Christmas Eve and Christmas? We have to return for a class the day after Christmas, and then be off again Saturday and Sunday. The sups are trying to find a way to convince the trainers to eliminate or reschedule that class so that we can have a 5 DAY holiday weekend! LOL If they are able to pull that rabbit out of the hat, wonderful! If not, it’s all good, because I am just grateful to be off for the holidays.

Matthew wanted to bring the girls to Mississippi this weekend, but none of us, him included, were ready to take a road trip this soon. We are probably going out there for Christmas, and just enjoy the ride and visit with his family for a day or so. If I am not off that Friday, we will have to leave on or before Christmas Eve, and return here Christmas Day. Either way it goes, Pops has to make it back here by Christmas, because he has to work Friday, too.

I also had to tie up some loose ends at the airport this week. It still had to do with that resignation/transfer issue, but its taken care of now. I am a stickler for following policies and procedures. I do not intend to violate anything that is on the books. That not only makes me look bad, but it can cause problems for the organizations that I am or were affiliated with. I know that there are a lot of people who could care less about protocol, but I have worked too hard and too darned long to build a reputable name for myself. I am determined to leave a good impression wherever I go, because I have learned the hard way that I never know when I will have to return somewhere, or if I will need someone from one of the organizations that I have worked for in the past to vouch for me. And it is much easier to return or to ask for a positive reference when you are remembered to be one that has left a place in good standing. It's better to know that you would gladly be welcomed back to an organization, then to have the organization feel that a huge weight has been lifted from their shoulders since you left, you know?

Punkin just woke up, so I am going to start fixing them some breakfast. I had taken some pictures of her in the Christmas play, but they came out so blurry that I felt that it would be a waste to post them. I wasn't sitting close enough to get a good picture.