Sunday, December 31, 2006

Do I Get Combat Pay For This?

It's New Year's weekend, which means Kevin is at the office. It's no fun for him, but every year he rings in the new year staring at a spreadsheet. Something about the year-end financial report for all of USAA, and the bigwigs are breathing down his department's neck until it is finished. Kevin's silver lining is that he's receiving double-time since he's working on a holiday. My silver lining is that it's only a couple weekends out of the year, as opposed to a couple months of 80-hour weeks like it was when he worked for Arthur Andersen.

That said, all is not rosy on the homefront. I spent Friday night with a stomach bug. Today Caelyn seems to have caught the same thing, so I've spent most of the afternoon holding back her hair and listening to her recount every single time she's ever thrown up in her life. (She likes to verbally process while she's sick. My job is just to rub her back and say, "I know.")

So Happy New Year, everyone. I hope all my friends and family are having a grand time! I'll celebrate when school starts again.

2 comments:

Teacher Talk said...

Awww... Chelsea, tell Caelyn I hope she is feeling better. Happy New Year!

Stephanie said...

Oh, Chelsea. I truly feel for you. I hope when my kids start barfing they'll want privacy like I do, because I don't think I can do what you're doing for hours on end.

I hope it all ends soon for all of you! Hey, the year will only get better from here, right?