Getting it Together for Christmas

This has nothing to do with Christmas preparations, other to say that Grace had her Christmas thingy at school, and I took this picture of the girls. I'm not sure when Nora turned 16; but evidently, she has.

I've been working midnights at work for about 5 weeks now, and it's going OK. My main responsibility is to get the executive summary ready by 5 AM. You'd figure I'd be able to accomplish that during the 10 hours that I'm there, but alot of the info I need doesn't come out until about 3:30. Sometimes it goes really well, other timed, not so much. Some days I walk out of there at 6 AM feeling pretty good, other times I've left at 8:30 (tieing up loose ends) and felt like crap. When all's said and done, it's still a job; a new job with new challenges that make my night the fastest 10 hours in the world.

I tried my hand, albeit unsuccessfully, at some home computer repair. It did not work out, and I've got a new laptop from work. I figured I'd just get the new laptop, but I had a big ole box with a dock, keyboard, mouse, and a couple of power cords. Since I share a desktop at the office, I don't need the dock there, so I brought it home. I happen to have a monitor available, so I've setup the dock at home. It's nice to be able to work with a monitor and a full-size keyboard.

Finally, the schedule. Some of you have asked how I'm adjusting to the schedule. It goes OK. I probably sleep about 6 hours each day. That's enough to get me through the night and safely home. As I said earlier, the night goes by fast, so I'm never tired there. I came home this morning, watched 'The Office' and highlights from the Bears game before turning at 9:30. Somehow, I slept until 4:30 this afternoon. My friend called and said I should stop by the house after 7. By 6:30, I was ready to go back to bed, but I went out anyway. I got home at 11:30 and was wide awake, so I'm still up. I knocked out a little bit of work and watched 'A Few Good Men'. Life's good. I've got Friday and Saturday nights off, so I've still got a weekend. I figured the other 2 guys I'm working with would want to switch some so they could get weekends off, but they didn't want to work nights. So, I'm off on the weekends while they have to cover. I guess it's all about what we need for our unique situations.

Anyway, that's that. There's your update and a new pic of the girls. Happy Ho-Ho!!