Merry Christmas!

Okay, so I am a day late...I would have blogged sooner, but I spent the weekend at my parents Vegas House...and well...there was NO INTERNET! Ahhh! So here goes my recap of the Holiday Weekend.

Monday (12/18) - This was just another Manic Monday...

Tuesday - I had my review. It went really well, except my boss told me that I talk to much and was told to keep it to a minimum. I've worked there for 3 1/2 years and not once was this on my review (my boss seemed shocked that she would have to tell me) It wasn't put on my offical review, but I was told to reel it in a bit, especially since a lot of the work I do requires a lot of detail and my boss does not want my concentration broken. Speaking of concentration, I did get the final draft of a report I had been working on completed and PDF'ed for our client. I even was able to print the final copy and have it signed for making copies and binding the following day.

Wednesday - This was my last day of the work week before vacation...and man, father time hates me. I had a HUGE report that needed to go out. The body of the report was pretty much done, signed, and printed. We were just finishing printing out the appendices (several reams of 11"x17" sheets folded) when the developer (not our client) informs us of a little mistake in our report and wants us to fix it ASAP so that they can get their money before the end of the year. Of course when this whole thing was blowing up in my face, my boss was out of the office for meetings (yay me). I had to deal with the cranky Developer (not our client) and "listen" to them, through email, whine to the City (our client) about the whole thing. Anyways, it was looking like I would have to redo portions of the report and possibly reprint the annoying appendices to account for the changes. I planned on staying late to at least get the draft done, I figured my boss and my intern could handle the binding. Unfortunately, the Developer didn't email me the stuff I needed until after 7 (I was in Ikea doing a little shopping).

Thursday - Vacation Day - NOT- Because the developer didn't get back to us until late, I decided to come into work in the morning to get things squared away. I worked for about 2 hours. My boss told me to just go because the Developer was being a stupid bitch (she said it not me!). Have I mentioned that the Developer is not our client?

So I went shopping. Later that evening Christine picked me up and we drove to Carson to have Alias Nite at Olivia and Ray's place. We took a tour. Its cute. They are so grown up and they have a Will&Grace couch. I'm jealous. The Mrs. made us Chicken and Rice. It was yummy, I tried really hard not to eat with a spoon a fork (filipino style). I almost did it too until I got seconds. After dinner (and a few episodes of the Cosby Show) we watched Alias. Christine and I were each sitting in a recliner and Olivia was parked in the Will&Grace couch. Olivia fell asleep somewhere towards the end of the first episode and I started to does a little too. I was testing the recliner and it locked in the recline position. It took forever and a lot of giggling from me and Christine to get the chair back to normal...hee hee.

Friday - I slept in. Around 10:30 my brother, my cousin, and his half-brother left for Vegas. We made good time and got there around 3. We dropped off my cousins and my brother and I took the long way to my parents home in North Las Vegas. We went to the bank and it was freezing. Then we went to Arby's where I hit the retarted ramp thinging in the drive through and left a scratch...er..dent about an 2 inches long, 1 inch wide near the back left tire...arrgh.

Saturday - I used the oven for the first time to make bacon. (we dont have a good frying pan yet). My parents, sister, and uncle arrived. We went to Costco and bought lots of food. I drank a beer with the pizza we bought at Costco.

Sunday - We ate some yummy Japanese food for lunch. I tried tempura ice cream. It was delicious a lot like fried ice cream. My sister, brother, and I went shopping. We cooked up a nice meal and watched the Hawaii vs. ASU game. I drank another beer. After dinner we opened presents and I took lots of pics too. I got my iPod shuffle and an LV wallet and the final season of I Love Lucy.

Monday (12/25) - We totally over slept. My brother and I took our time leaving and didn't hit the road until 2:30 pm. There was so much traffic. We didn't get home until after 9 pm. I definitely think its worth waking up and leaving at the butt-crack of dawn.

All in all it was a pretty relaxing time in Vegas. And I actually drank 2 beers. Granted it was on separate days and it was lite beer..but still...that's a lot for me. heh heh.