Hip Hip HOOORAY!!

THREE CHEERS for me surviving two weeks of full-time work!! I am so proud of myself. I actually got out of bed before 6 am every day and had plenty of time to get ready so I arrived early every single day! If only my old bosses from ERAC could see me now ... I guess this is what it's like when you don't feel like your driving to your execution every day. HAAAAH!

So James' birthday is next Wednesday and he really has no idea what he wants. I mean, when I ask, his actual reply is "I don't know". Where do I go from there? I've picked out a couple very small items but I'm thinking that's all he's going to get. It's the thought that counts, right? I can't say what he's getting because he actually reads this sometimes. Do you think it makes sense to get your husband a Gift Card? Either way we're spending the money so wouldn't it better if I actually got him a gift instead of a GC? I always feel like gift cards are fink-outs, like I was too brainless to come up with a good gift idea, when the truth is that's probably what the person wanted in the first place. I'm usually excited when I get gift cards but then I'm the person they were designed for --- I spend $100 over the value of my gc!!

We broke down last night and turned on the heater! I'm glad we did because I just set it at 64* overnight and it was 64* in the house when we woke up. I think we actually dipped into the 30's last night -- my hibiscuses (whatever the plural of hibiscus is) are probably dead since they're tropical. It's really not that cold but the chilly nights make it really hard to get out of bed in the morning!! We also had a fire in the fireplace last night, and the first since the TV was installed so we were a little nervous, but it was just fine! It's starting to feel like the holidays already. Unfortunately it's already starting to look like the holidays in our neighborhood too. Our neighbors already have their outdoor Christmas lights up. They had them installed by a company (which I think is a great idea since we have those super high rooftops). I don't think they've turned them on yet but they're up there. Another house has their garland in the yard (in a pile) waiting to go up on their front porch and they have like 4 of those white 'Christmas' trees in the front yard, intermingled with their Halloween blow-up thingys ofcourse. I plan to take up all the "Halloween" stuff this weekend but leave all the "fall" stuff out through Thanksgiving. I usually do Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving but since we're going to be IN AUSTIN THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING it will just have to wait!! Yes, James and I have tickets to the game and we've already reserved a hotel room (with Marriott points even so it's free!).

I better wrap this up since I'm at work. It has been a really busy "cooky" day and I'm just exhausted. I suppose when one opens a bottle of wine to go with Thursday night spaghetti at home, one expects to share said bottle of wine with one's husband. Instead, the husband opened his own bottle of wine (guess he didn't like my choice) so obviously I had to finish the one I opened. There's no such thing as leftover wine in our house! Maybe that has a little to do with why I'm so exhausted!!! :-)

Hope everyone has a great weekend! GIG EM AGGIES! B.T.H.O.OU! WHOOP!
Mel, hope the Ags are on ABC in SLC tomorrow. I know coverage is usually regional so I hope you get to watch it!