1 Vacation Day Down 3 to Go!

As of Thursday I had 4 vacation days left that I have to take before December. It always seems to amaze me that even if we have earned our vacation days, the company always seems to still dictate when you can use them.

After I started working, the office staff received a memo that basically said you can NOT take off during closing week, unless it was an emergency. Ok well that now left only 3 weeks out of the month that you could take off.

Now we received a memo that says if you have vacation you need to take it as soon as you can because being off in the ending months of November and December would be nearly impossible because we are so short staff.

So that left me with 4 days, and I used 1 yesterday.  Anna Grace was out of school because of a teacher workshop and so what better day to use a vacation day.

It was pretty busy but relaxed the same. We slept in well it wasn't 5:00 when I got up. ha! Then we cleaned the kitchen then headed to El Dorado to get the oil changed in my car. We took Mimi with us and we went and ate lunch where the kids were very, very good. Then we headed over to get the oil changed in my car only to find out it didn't need it.

It seems the last time (which was the first time) I had my oil changed @ Landers Toyota, that they put this new oil in that you only have to have the oil changed every 10,000 miles. Wow! that's nice but it would have been nicer if we knew that. The oil change sticker they put in my car was for every 5,000 miles, which I thought I was due.

Anyway, then we headed to Wal-Mart where it was "check" day and it looked like Christmas Time according to the parking lot. The kids were good there too and Anna got some school stuff (to help her learn to write and to use scissors). She also got a Punzel aka Rapunzel and Collin got a cool little dozer.

I had to take pictures for the Bearden PeeWee Football team and I was so excited. I guess really this is my first paying job, since I got my photography degree. Yeah! Can't wait to start looking at them. Anna is wanting to play Max and Ruby on the computer so I guess I need to do the laundry and house work first. :(

We are all battling snotty noses and sore throats, I guess it is the change of the weather, but it is so nice. I'm going to raise all the windows in a little while and get that fall air in my house.

Collin is saying new words everyday. He said donkey yesterday and rabbit the day before. It is so funny I will try to get it on video....more to come.

India