Need more snuggle time----less stress.

We were in need of more snuggle time like this! So yesterday I hurried and did all of payroll, all of the time cards then declared to my fellow worker...."I'm Outta here, I am heading for Bloomington so that I will be there before it gets dark. "

I dared any of the guys to tell me I could not leave early since I had not taken a lunch break. So if I took my lunch break I was actually only taking off 1- 1 1/2 hours early for the day.

After all Julie had the office covered so why should they care if I left early. PLUS I have been going in earlier then most people to get all my work done so it isn't like my desk looks like this anymore:

Yes, my whole corner was a dreadful mess earlier this week. With lots and lots of stress to go with it. Year end can be very stressful! Cleaning out all the drawers and boxing them up in boxes to take out back for storage. Oh, and don't forget that Sunday is the 10th of the month and all the bills need to be paid and ready to mail by or before Monday morning.

But, I do have a great helper!!! Julie I sure appreciate everything you do for me. Sometimes, when the phones are ringing off the hook, I am sure we get on each others nerves. Then when those guys call in that we both have trouble understanding, Neither one of us want to talk to them. But we do make a great team getting everything done that needs to be done.

I truly need to teach you everything I do, So you know how to do everything I do..After all I do want to retire one of these years.

Stress: I would just one time in the 30 years I have been employed here come to work of a early morning and not have to worry how to get into the driveway and not get stuck. I ended up parking across the street in Doc's office (He always has his lot plowed early) And once again waded across the snow bank ---crossing busy Franklin Street---and wading between ankle deep and knee deep snow to get to the front door.

I actually went off on them the morning it looked like this. Actually told the boss how I felt about it. Later in the morning Bud stopped by to bring me a much needed cup of HOT coffee (I had left my cup in the car), and the newspaper. As he sat in Bob's office talking, Bob told him "Shhhh, Verna's mad at me because the snow wasn't removed".

The shop man didn't want to wait to get the back cleaned off so the semi's could deliver the much needed equipment so we could change out those furnaces and keep people with heat.

He David rigged a snow plow and when Bob saw that he had cleaned off the back lot, he told him that he could also clean off the front lot. These were taken from the front window.

Oopps he lost the snow plow and had to pick it up again and reposition it.
Today I am away from all this stress...... I am going to enjoy snuggling with my granddaughter and helping my daughter in anything she needs me to do.

Hope everybody has a wonderful week end.