Happy Birthday SISTER

Today is my baby sister's 44th birthday! I do not get to see her as much as I'd like as we live over 1000 miles away from one another. However, due to text messaging and instant messaging and email, we get to communicate almost daily. I am so grateful to have such a great sister! Wa-hoo! I hope my girls stay close and communicate to each other, but hopefully not from 1000 miles apart...

I am so glad to have today off work. Jon the boss declared that since he was out of town for Christmas nobody should have to work the day after Christmas or New Years, since they are both on Fridays. This was unusual for him, but not complaining a bit. However, I worked about an hour yesterday, and will probably work a couple of hours today, just to get started on some things and so next week won't be too awful.

Today we got to get up real early to go to the doctor. Fun, fun. Flu shots...or er...flu mists! My kids only have 2 weeks off for Christmas, and then that Oklahoma deal and all, so really today or Wednesday were the only days I had to get this done. So I called the pediatrician's office and asked to set up a time to do the flu shots, as you have to call ahead. The receptionist must have been either new or incompetent, but she said that they are only done on Thursdays. Well, I said, are you going to be open on Christmas or New years's then, as they are both on Thursday. And my kids go back to school the Monday after New Year's. Well, no.... so she kept going back and forth with somebody else in the office while I pressed her to get me to get my kids flu shots at some point during the break. Finally they said we could come in at 8 am Friday January 2. I said, that is the ONLY time? Yes, that is all for this week. OK then....

Of course they were not happy, but I bribed them with going out for breakfast afterwards, so all was ok. I woke them up at like 7:20, then 7:25, and last 7:30 cuz I had to leave at 7:40. It usually takes about 15 minutes, but being right at rush hour I didn't know. However, a lot of folks must have taken today off as it wasn't busy on the freeway at all. But I didn't know.
So I am home at a 10:15 after:

1. getting 1 kid flu shot, 2 kids flu mist
2. having nice big breakfast at IHOP
3. picking up some paperwork at my office
4. filling up the van tank of gas
5. finding the place when you pay your traffic fines and paying them
6. picking up a few groceries

And all 3 kids went right back to bed and are sound asleep by 10:45. Before leaving I started the oven cleaning so it stinks in here. And I put a load of laundry in, fed the animals, and let them out. Also, when I got back I took the dog on a short walk and put more laundry in. So I may lie down now for a little while. This is nice. I could get used to not working again... but it's not in our near future...