The last week and a half have been incredibly horrible. Work has been exceptionally stressful. Gary Bettman is making the NHL the laughing stock of the sports world. I'm tired of being on a diet and exercising. I'm surrounded by idiots. And, my shower won't stop dripping no matter how many times the apartment maintenance guy works on it. (It's like water torture...drip... drip...dri.. you get the picture.)
But, at 2:31 PM this coming Friday (day after tomorrow) I'm on vacation. It's actually long weekends off of work. For the next 2 weeks I'll work a total of 5 days. It's firearm deer season and I'm taking the Mondays and Fridays off for hunting. And as an added bonus, Thanksgiving is the week after next so I get a day off of work with pay without using up my vacation days.
I get to go sit in the peaceful woods for hours and enjoy the peace and quiet. And hopefully get a deer or 2 in the process. For 10 wonderful days I won't have to deal with 700 phone calls, biased referees, no dripping shower, etc... Granted I have to be up at the crack o dawn and sit outside in the frigid Michigan air for hours, but it's a break from the daily grind. Sure the swine deer will piss me off, but that's part of the game along with the gigantic tree that broke off and fell directly blocking my best firing lane.
I got some good news last night regarding some friends of my family and won a contest on an author's website today. (The prize is a book and some author swag.) My baby niece Susie is gonna have her first birthday next week. I'll have my whole family together for Thanksgiving. Now if I could just find the socks I'm looking for I'd be all set. The burdens of the past weeks are lifting. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's probably the headlight on a train that's gonna run me over later, but for now the fact that the light is there is enough.
Hope you all have a good one. Wish me luck in the woods! ~Joelle "refhater"
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Congratulations on winning my book at Killer Fiction! Please email Gemma your address and we'll get the autographed book to you! :)
You won't need to run out and purchase it for your next trip to the woods..unless you want to be nice and order it anyway for a wonderful, steamy Christmas present!
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