Lots of working...

Friday night we did go out with our friends. Tracy and her fiancé Scott came over for cocktails first and then we went to Champs. I had a sesame seared tuna salad that was incredibly good!! We sat and chatted in the restaurant until 10pm. Traci and Scott are such great people! It was great to spend time catching up with them!

Saturday morning came early. Brian had to teach a class starting at 8am. So, he had to get up like it was a normal work day. I got up with him also, because I had to make garlic mashed potatoes to take to the holiday party that night. So, I spent the first part of the morning cooking and mashing potatoes as well as getting the asparagus ready.

After that I headed off to Wag ‘n’ Wash. Saturday we spent moving dog food and doing inventory. I moved so many 40 lbs bags of dog food, that I could all ready feel my body getting sore by the end of the day. I left there and rushed home to take a shower so we could head out to the Christmas party.

We went to Brian’s boss’s house. He lives in the Reserve at the Broadmoor, way on the south end of town. He is about 10 minutes south of my parents’ house. It was just the Colorado Springs Utilities group, so Brian, his boss and their 2 other co-workers, plus spouses and a few kids.

Everyone brought part of the meal, and Eric (the boss) and his wife provided pork chops with apples. They had the table set beautifully, with their good china and candles and such. It was a fabulous dinner!

Sunday morning it was back to work for me. We started off by doing lots of inventory. I was so glad to just be able to sit and count. My body was so sore from moving all the dog food the day before. We got it all done about lunch time, and then after lunch we did little stuff to get the store ready. It looks like it will be next Monday that the store opens. That is if the contractors really finish this week like they say they are going to, however, since they are all ready months overdue, who knows.

During the middle of the afternoon, the manager approached me and asked if I was interested in being the assistant manager! I said YES! It comes with a raise and a few more hours, but they are still working with me and my schedule for Security Horizon.

I worked there until about 5:30pm, when we just really didn’t have any more to do. I swung through the grocery store on the way home. Brian was making green beef curry for dinner and we were having some friends over. I had to pick up some of the last ingredients. I got home and Brian and Rick were just hanging out. They had watched the Bronco game that afternoon. Later Cheryl and Waldo came over and we had Brian’s delicious meal!

This morning I brought my desktop water fountain into work. We tend to get shocked all the time at Security Horizon. I read in the paper this past week, Helpful Heloise, someone who was complaining of the same problem. Heloise suggested bowls of water, or a desktop water fountain. I thought, hey, I have one of those! So, it’s now up and running and I will see if this helps with the shocking issue. I hope it works. And it looks better than just a plain bowl of water!