I'm glad he's staying put, Liese, but it's too bad he had to go out at all.

Since lunch was a Big Fail, I ended up tossing all of the meat. I'm going to go to Panera on the way home, pick up some soup for tonight and possibly some chicken salad for tomorrow, and then do my laundry and dishes tonight.

I have to come in and work for a few hours tomorrow, but then I can head home, go for a swim along the way, and then get dressed and packed for a small get-together at my friend Tami's. I missed her Christmas party since it was just a week after I came home from the hospital, so I'm looking forward to hanging with her and a few others. I'm staying overnight--I'm hoping she hasn't seen The King's Speech yet so we can see it on Saturday.

So I thought I had tomorrow off, but it turns out I have Monday off, because that's when all our clients have off.

Oops.

Good you found out today and not tomorrow, I guess, huh tommy?

The SO is safely at the hotel. Now that he's safe for the night, I am allowed to be bummed. No tv, because it's satellite and the dish is full. Ooh. Which reminds me I need to see if I need to sweep out my dish. She was dubious about his wifi access in his room. But if he does have it, he'll ask for late check-out and try to watch the Legends game streaming.

The Winter Classic this year is in question because of weather, which makes me laugh since Arizona is completely snowed under and Pittsburgh might rain.

Anyway. He's safe. He's got a place to stay. It's good.

I just did over 20 minutes of actual work, because I couldn't stand just sitting here doing nothing any more.

Only another 2 hours and 17 minutes to go!

We took our houseguest out to Red Rocks Canyon with our doggies and tromped around. It was beautiful (although cold and wicked windy) and the pups LOVED being off-leash. Now I am back in the office (I had to come in for a call even though I am taking PTO today) but have now done my task and then no more work until NEXT YEAR!

Tomorrow, we are going to our fave tiki steakhouse for dinner, then to movie (My second viewing of The King's Speech--YES!). We'll have champagne and strawberries when we get home.

Glad your SO is staying put safely, Liese.

That sounds super great, Scrappy. I wish the Biscuit were trained well enough to be able to go off leash sometimes. He did great at camp because the trails were narrow enough there was really only one direction he could go, and I could keep him near me. But out here, everything is so open he'd just take off. And come back, hours later, but that doesn't fly anymore, desert dog.

Anyway, I just had a nice cup of cocoa made from the mix my neighbor gave me for Christmas, and the Biscuit and I watched a long session of Dog TV, otherwise known as my birdfeeder. It was not exactly the day I planned, but that's ok.

I have 3, possibly 5 houseguests, for NYE. The 2 possibles are kids, which would be great for M, but slightly scary for my possible NYD hangover. OTOH, all of the possible houseguests are drama-free, and H&L and kids are happy camping in caves, much less on my ratty futon and bunk bed.

Anyway, all the kid(s) will be relegated to upstairs after 10 with plenty of food and movies; they can stay up til midnight (if they make it) and I will leave the laptop and netlix in M's room with an admonishment to gather in there to watch cartoons till grownups in the living room wake up.

Hmm. Ok.

I like Duvel more than what's good for me. It just might be the perfect ethanol delivery medium...

Argh! Just getting in from a LOVELY birthday dinner with my parents, I learned why my cat sometimes randomly meows toward the fridge and thereabouts -- a mouse running from under the fridge to under the stove! BOOO.