So based on a unique combination of busy and lazy I have been neglecting the blogging, and I thought today was a good day to get back into it. <\/p>\n
It is the end of the work week, and we’re closing in on the end of the year. As usual, the end of the year is full of events and things to do, but I think we’ve been able to keep our heads generally above water. <\/p>\n
We finished off shipping all our Christmas presents to various locations in the United States, and that is a relief. We’re hosting a small Christmas party with the neighbors this tomorrow, and we even did a little bit of shopping for them. We are going to serve a big ham that we bought at Costco, and I’m going to serve my brother’s “heart attack mac and cheese” to really butter everyone up for the holidays. I’ve already blocked out several hours this weekend for the exercise bike.<\/p>\n
I’ve got seven more work days left this year, and then we’ll be off to the Philippines for some warm beach time. Interestingly, I still haven’t heard about a contract for next year, so it may be unemployed beach time we spend. I seem to recall a similar situation last year, so I’m not too concerned about it (yet).<\/p>\n
In other signs of the confidence in my continued employment, I spent a bit of my winter bonus on a PS4 video game machine, since I figure I’ll have a lot of time available in the evenings when I’m waiting for Kuniko to come home from her job. Tonight Kuniko has a party to attend, so I’ll be holding down the fort – playing games and precooking some ingredients for tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Weather-wise things are getting cold around here, and this weekend is supposed to be extremely cold. I don’t think we’ll see any snow, but it seems like it won’t be too far off.<\/p>\n
I’ll try to write more next week, provided I survive the high calorie Christmas feast on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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