Ow. For some reason my neck really hurts today. Probably too much time spent unched over, reading webpages. Also, it starts hurting if I try to use my cell phone for a lot of texting, wich is not good because it locked up and had to be swapped out for a new one. Thank goodness for warrantees; but unthank badness for not being able to pull all my phone numbers and snippets of quick text over from old to new.

I’ve been working on vacation stuff at last. Should have booked the accomodations back in February when I yapped about it, but my vacation time doesn’t get approved until mid-December, so I didn’t feel comfortable blocking space and paying deposits on dates that might not get the okay.

I went to choir practice last night – not so many of us, but we did manage to put in some practice time. Christmas Eve will be pretty, I hope. We’ll see.

I’m off work next week – yay! – so I can get stuff done. Typically I don’t decorate until late in the game, unlike some people I could name in the family. Partly it’s to not subject David to too much unwanted Xmess kitsch, partly it’s lack of motivation until forced to decorate by the the prospect of imminent guests, partly I just don’t want to look at it until I’m good and ready. And I will be… next week.

UPDATE: December 16

Joy. The chocolate order was mostly there and has now been distributed. A few people ended up with gift certificates, but fortunately the one person I was concerned would blow a gasket got a complete order.

More joy. New phone system at work next week. I’ll have to get used to pushing a button DURING a call to prevent a new incoming call immediately after ending a current one. That’s going to be lots of fun.

Most joy of all. It’s cold and likely to get much colder. Marvy.