I'm EXPECTING!

........that you'll all be glad to hear I HAVE A NEW JOB!! Ha! Had ya there for a second, huh? But, as of Jan 2nd I will be MOVING ON! My last day with the current crack house is the 22nd, so I'll have a nice week off of not relaxing and working on projects around the house before I start the new job. I've very excited, and if you're someone who knows me drop a line and I'll tell you where I'm going (since most of you don't actually know where I work anyway)! I'll be doing something far more up my alley and less CPA-ish, which I'm really excited about. And my new boss seems pretty nice and normal! They called all my references, made me take two tests, two interviews and a drug test. Wow!! They did some homework. It's in downtown, and only 2.5 miles from our house. I can walk, run, bike, ride the bus (or drive!) to get to work! And in the life that is mine even quitting was difficult!! I got the offer Friday afternoon and planned to quit Monday with three weeks notice. Naturally my boss called in sick with strep throat on both Monday and Tuesday. By Tuesday I just wanted to tell SOMEONE! So, I told my boss's boss and then my boss was back Wednesday and I told him then. Strangest reaction EVER from him, I think he's on some heavy painkillers or a good dose of crack but as of now he's being very nice about it and happy for me.

But don't worry, I will still have two weeks of fantastic redneck office stories to share, and this really is the best season of office stories!! Decorations are going up like MAD! The "Snowy Acres Trailer Park" tree went up today in a nearby department - what says Christmas like a tree with Virgina Slims and "blue balls", phone wire, feather boas, beef jerky and hot sauce? And in my department - how about a metal snowman with a cigarette taped to its mouth??? I have pics of the redneck tree but HR made the snowman lose its cigarette before I could capture that on film. Ahhh....the holidays in the South. And Dirty Santa is next week!! YAY!

Good luck to everyone cranking out marathons this weekend!! Lana will be rocking Vegas, David is taking on Hunstville (Rocket City), & Just 12 Finish will be rocking White Rock (Dallas) along with Lance. Lots of local runners are running Rocket City, too, so good luck to all of you!!

Well, I have GOT to work on our Christmas cards! I feel so guilty every day as we get ours! Brent's working hard on sanding the floor right now so hopefully we'll make a lot of progress on that this weekend as well. Tomorrow night we're having dinner with some friends and then our neighborhood's tour of homes is Saturday night. AND, we're going to get a long trail run in, too. Have a great weekend everyone!