Cheers To The New Year

For so many of us, December is by far the busiest month in the year, and oftentimes it slips past, which is what it did for  me. 

~The lovely Shelby on New Year's~

I did all the planning, (reservations, games, etc.) for our office Christmas party. In past years, we've always invited the "Office Alumni" to attend, but with social restrictions it was just the 8 of us that currently work in the office. We all agreed that with the year, as a staff, we really needed the time to just be together as an office without the phones and the patients and chasing the clock.     

At home I did manage to get most of my New Year's cards mailed, the shopping done and everything else that comes with the holidays. 

~A socially distanced lunch with my good-work-friend~

We did have one snow fall that got me out of work early.  

I got home work safely, only to become a casualty in our driveway. I backed up to get some momentum to get through the snow, and in the darkness and a dirty back-up-camera, I managed to back into the ditch. I didn't get any photos. I was just way too upset about the whole thing. 

Thankfully the next day, a extremely kind passerby stopped and with a chain and pulled my van out. Without a doubt, and answer to all my prayers for help. 

All the while Carl was working nights - arriving home around midnight, leaving around noon to go back. All this left me as the sole care giver for the dogs. The dogs are so forgiving when their meals were late, and I think were cheering me on to just keep going. 

~George, "did you say it's finally time to eat?!~

One night in particular I tumbled into bed, exhausted and cold and too tired to even get another blanket to help me to warm up. Todd must've known that, and he curled up next to me and warmed me up. I remember falling asleep that night telling him what a good Scottie he is. But I think he already knows that. 

 ...  I am so glad to have December in the rearview mirror - Onward to 2021!

~I saw this at a local grocery store 😀~