My last installment for the Seven Days of Christmas has almost come full circle! Although I began my annual tradition regarding the Holiday period in 2007, I fired up this Weblog format in 2005…so it seems I logged the essentials of what happened.
The biggest highlight was having a great review with my new boss Juan. I felt pretty vindicated because I knew that if I got the change in supervisors I requested, I could demonstrate to HR where the trouble spots were, namely me not being one. In defense of Juan’s predecessor, I don’t completely blame him for the problems, I think he was improperly influenced by factors beyond his control.
Glad to have the unpleasantness of work finally behind me, I celebrated at D&B with my co-worker Tony.
Somara probably didn’t get to join since her hours at the HEB job were erratic, inconsistent. Those were some pretty rough times for my wife. I was unable to console her. Personally, the position, money and whatnot didn’t upset me. Somara was contributing to the household budget so I was cool with anything she brought in. My salary covered the lion’s share, hers shored up the edges. I needed to find a way to compensate for the whole Phoenix debacle which remains my fault.
Christmas was on a Sunday that year and I was a Tuesday-Saturday regular, therefore I was destined to have the following Monday off. How glad I was for this scheduling development because we didn’t do anything with Somara’s family until late in the afternoon. Her brother Aaron is obligated to spend the entire morning at his in-laws’ based around South Austin, then he transfers his family to the Georgetown faction for the afternoon-evening. This makes Christmas a long day for everyone involved. I shared my nephew Wyatt’s sleepiness and I was fighting off a sore throat (December 2005 was plagued with illness, few posts). Somara’s parents also dragged it out with their crap of unwrapping one gift at a time by chronological (recipient’s age) order. Here’s when I’m glad my family has no set or annoying traditions.
Overall, the period was low-key and filled with cautious optimism despite being not very memorable.
This concludes the Seven (formerly Six) Days of Christmas IV. Next year will likely be the last run since the five-year intervals will get recycled for 2012.