This has been the most eventful Christmas break of my entire life.
Friday, December 18th was the last day of school and day of our staff Christmas party. A friend of mine at school had just gotten an Australian Shepherd puppy. I thought she had gotten it from a breeder, but when we started talking, I found out she had gotten the puppy from the animal shelter. I told a few people about the puppies and obviously I don't have a poker face, because they said, "You are going to get one of those puppies!" I left the Christmas party early to take some truffles to Jimmy, told him about the puppies, and he agreed to let me get one! We got Lola the next day. She was really sick for about a week and a half with kennel cough. Now she is all puppy--bounding around the house, chasing Remus, annoying Sadie and Katie, and sleeping on Mommy's lap.
I had two Duke appointments the week before Christmas--my Monday treatment and a sit-down with Dr. M on Wednesday. Tuesday I took Lola to the vet. Wednesday we also went to an inspection on the house we were considering buying. On Thursday, Jimmy and I headed to Rocky Mount.
We had a wonderful Christmas with Jackie, Jennifer, Shane, Grandma, Mary Ellen, and Mike. Jen had to work on Christmas, so we spent time with them Christmas Eve and did presents. Lola did a great job chasing wrapping paper. Late Christmas, it started snowing and didn't stop until Sunday afternoon! The snow was really amazing and we got about a foot in Nashville. I still had to go to Duke on Monday, so Jimmy drove me. The main roads weren't bad, but the secondary roads were pretty snowy and icy. We waited until Tuesday to drive back home.
After a quick turn around--Jimmy went in to work for half a day and I unpacked and repacked the car--we headed to see my parents. We got in early Wednesday morning. We did a few errands on Wednesday, then I cooked enchiladas for Mom, Nanny, Jimmy, Pat, and his friend Josh. Thursday we did some shopping and headed over to Dad's. We spent New Year's there. Jimmy got to go to Dad's beer/wine making at home store, and loved seeing all the stuff they had. Saturday we went to Hendersonville to visit Cat, a close family friend. She likes to instigate stuff and before I knew it, Jimmy and I were on the way to Cherokee to go to the casino and have a romantic night away--Love you Cat! So glad you planted the idea! It was so neat! We learned that the dogs do okay in a hotel. Neither of us really like to gamble and waste money though. Paula Deen has a restaurant there, and Sunday morning we ate breakfast there. Yes, there was lots of butter on the table!
On our way back to Hendersonville, I received some bad news. I knew I had to be at school Monday morning with my students. Instead of spending the night with Mom and going to Duke Monday, I rode back with Jimmy late Sunday evening. I was able to be with my students, then went to Duke around 12. It was a really late night, but I got to have dinner with Mom and have "Duke time" with her.
It was a wonderful break. Jimmy and I had a great time visiting everyone and spending time together.
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