what a busy and fun weekend! friday, i went to my first hockey game! it was so much fun - once we finally got there! i picked up melissa and we went to the MARTA station. it was the coldest night i believe in prolly 2 years! so, we're standing in the freeze waiting on the train. about 10 minutes pass and one comes thru the station - but did not stop! then, a few minutes later, heres comes another. it luckily stopped but at the very next station, everyone had to get off - some malfunction with one of the doors - wait again in the cold for another train. we eventually made it to the arena! melissa hooked us up with suite seats (via Ray and Natalie - Fox sports folks) and Atlanta won - in overtime; it was great! Melissa caught one of the chick-fil-a cows that parachuted down from the ceiling. he was so cute! after the game, we went to Taco Mac and had some nacho's and closed the place down. luckily, Natalie drove us to my car - no MARTA! i think i made it home about 2am; good times!!
saturday, i ran errands - searching for something for neil to wear to the Bar Mitzvah we attended Saturday night. if you've never been to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah - they are a ball! it's like a wedding reception - a VERY fun wedding reception. they are usually themed - this one was "movies"; we were seated at the Raiders of the Lost Ark table! the bar mitzvah was for Marc's son, Corey. i know Marc through my boss, Andy. we, and of course Debbie - become friends quickly shortly after i started working for Andy about 4 years ago. marc is a hoot and all of us have had some great fun over the years - our Friday lunches (the lunch bunch) are legendary! debbie and her husband, chris attended too. debbie and i were dancin' fools! we danced right along side all of those 13 year olds! it was another late night - one that we capped off with a visit to the Waffle House and boy was that a show!
sunday, neil and i slept in a bit; we were pretty slow due our saturday evening! we managed to get dressed and grab some lunch then went to the Muppet Exhibit. i love love love the Muppets so this was a must-see - and sunday was the last day. it's a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian that goes thru Jim Henson's life and his characters. it was really cool and i saw some funny drawings and characters that i never knew existed. did you know that the first Kermit was made from Jim's mom's spring coat and a ping-pong ball? his life and work spanned SO much more than just the Muppets and it was really neat to see it all.
now, it's monday. i was off work today for MLK - and very happily so. i've been in my pj's all day and actually worked. i took advantage of the day off and slept in - until noon!! (yes, i'm aware i have a sleeping problem). but i did manage to get all the work done for 2008 on neil's "old" business which we will do a final return for and close it up. now, i've got to get started on the new business. that's gonna be a bear!
work is kicking my butt a bit. there is SOOO much work to get accomplished in January. this past week, i pulled an all-nighter! wednesday, i went in at 9am and left on thursday at 12:45 pm crazy, huh? but i got a TON done. i finally got in bed on thursday at like 2:45 and slept until friday morning - 16 hours. it was awesome! of course, it was back to work friday. as crazy as it sounds, it de-stresses me to just pull one of those every now and then in order to get certain things done. it's difficult some days to get anything accomplished -with e-mails, people needing stuff, phone calls and just general interruptions. i pulled about 5 all-nighters last year. what's sad is that yes - i have THAT much work to do!! but, i can get double the work done over the course of a night then i would with the same hours during normal work hours. it's difficult and i'm usually in some serious pain by the morning - but it's always worth it! and i'd rather do that then go in on the weekends!!
neil headed back to florida this morning. but great news - he should be done with the waterfall project this week or mid next!! then, he's going to do some more work for them - which is a bummer cuz he won't be coming home but it's like "new" job and we need it! hopefully his next gig will be in atlanta but who knows.
well, i need to empty the dishwasher, re-load the dishwasher, put fresh sheets on the bed, fold clothes, prep my coffee, put soft-paws on the cats, pay some bills.... the work never ends!!!
have a great week, y'all!
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