Booyah!

So, the work week is over for me and I'm off for two week WITH pay! How cool is that? It gets cooler. Alex is at this moment at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm getting ready to board his flight. He'll have a couple of hours to lay over in Warsaw, Poland and then onto Chicago O'Hare. From there he hops on the Wisconsin Coach Lines to Kenosha and then (drum roll please) HE'S HERE! I am so excited I feel like a kid in a candy store. I'm wrapping gifts, fighting off Arnie the attack cat and literally singing to myself. For me, the holidays have officially started and, though I have some things yet to do, I am fully in the ho ho ho spirit!

We had our office party today which took up most of the afternoon and I managed to duck out early and get some more shopping done. I spent the better part of last night filling little mitten ornament thingies with candy for my staff which surprised them all and they really appreciate it. Made me feel good to do something for them. They've worked damn hard all this year and hung in there when we all thought we would lose our minds. I interviewed someone very early this morning and she was great! It's almost a no brainer that the agency should hire her so when I return I'll have one more newbie to train.

All in all, 2007 has been a whirlwind of a year but it seems to be ending with a bang and I couldn't be happier. I plan to kick back and fully enjoy myself for the next two weeks. There will be vodka and fun and friends and family and food and all the very best things that life has to offer. I wish everyone could feel this way!