A little time off...

I've taken this week off from work to get several things done - relax, do some painting around the house, reading... things like that. Just a nice time to think of things other than work.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas time. It was time well spent with friends and family for me. Since most of my immediate family is FAR from here, I usually spend time during the holidays with friends that had sorta "adopted" me into their families. It's nice how that works out. This year, I was over at Kevin's with Stacey, Kailyn and Zachary. I have a special attachment to Kailyn - she's the first kid that I've been around regularly (as an adult) since her birth. Just watching her grow up is exciting! A few weeks ago we were all getting ready to go and do some shopping together when I asked her to put this ziplock bag of crackers in a pocket or something instead of them just flailing around everywhere. She replied "This coat doesn't have any pockets" and went on about her business. OMG, that is a complete and totally correct reply. That's so, so cool. If I ever have kids, I'll have been spoiled after seeing how Kailyn is growing up.

Enough baby talk.

Kevin was one of the lucky ones that got his hands on an XBOX 360 for Christmas. I'm not a big console game fan anymore but the 360 might change my mind. The Need For Speed game was my favorite. Call of Duty 2 was just tough for me though because I'm used to playing games like that using a keyboard and mouse, not the joypads and such on the XBOX controllers. Can't wait to try out Project Gotham Racing once he gets it.

I've successfully been able to dodge getting sick the past few weeks but I now seem to have come down with a slight sinus thing. That coupled with the fact that I also seem to have developed an allergy to cats. I used to have cats myself without any problems so this is a new thing for me.