It's true! That's what I did in 2020, and it was great.

Okay, so I know I'm an apostate. Here are photos from my oldest boy's wedding. [link]

Oldest boys wedding? Surely that can’t be right Cindy! Old enough to marry???

I have never had a job with separate sick and vacation time, only PTO. Which is maybe BS for in office jobs but I’ve worked from home (and/or traveling) for 15 years, so almost never need sick time anyway. (And after 5 days we can do STD)

Aw, how sweet, Cindy. Congratulations! They look just lovely and happy, as do you, even though you're crying, hee.

Awww, how absolutely delightful! Congrats to all.

Those pictures are delightful!

Congratulations, Cindy! And many congrats to your son and DiL!!!

I haven't seen Atropa around here in a while, but if you see her around other parts wish her the happiest birthday.

OMG, doing prep for Thanksgiving. Missing so many things! Shop Shop Shop. The front desk of my building sometimes sees me multiple times a day for my deliveries.

My BIL texted and asked me if it was okay for his BIL and family to come too, and duh, of course, because they are lovely people. Then the big question was, what can they bring? Well, Pouchon is a serious chef, like executive chef for several huge chains before opening his own restaurant in Kissimmee, which was featured on the Cooking Channel. So I emailed him my basic plan of what various people were bringing and what I was making and told him to feel free to tell me to skip the potatoes or roasted veggies or anything he wanted to substitute because he was bringing some insanely tasty risotto or something instead. Or bring something he felt was a hole missing in the plan. I always love when he is at family gatherings, both because he is a beautiful person, and oh the food is so yum.

Cindy congrats to your oldest!!

So the root canal has to be paid up front and then then they'll file insurance. It's not technically my dentist office but the specialist who does this out for their office...I dunno the details. Thanks to workers comp finally paying I have the money to do this.

On top of the root canal my period started yesterday and I have really bad cramps. Mom has a new recliner that has a heat setting so I took advantage of that this morning.

I have to work tomorrow but not until 1 . So I'll drive home later today. Although if I'm feeling really bad I'll call work but I hate too because I have the next 3 days off and just had 2 days odd so it feels like I'm cheating somehow.

We get 10 personal days that don't roll over and then I can't remember how many hours of PTO that roll over until March that is both sick and vacation time and it's more than 3 days.

Congratulations to the happy couple, Cindy!

I get 4 weeks PTO each year, 2 of which can roll over, plus we've now started a policy of closing down between Christmas and New Year's. It's a struggle most years to use up vacation time before I lose it. Particularly in the pandemic when I'm not going to drive off for 3-day getaways.