10 days and Counting...

Its almost here... and just as fast,it will be gone. All that hype, energy and effort and then Christmas will be yesterdays news... last years news and thoughts of the Christmas coming in another 12 months will be on our minds.
Last night was the company Christmas party. No spouses invited (not that I have one to invite anyway)... that is the trend these days only employees can go and drink merrily with their co-workers and we can behave un like our professional businessselvess and act stupid. I work with a bunch of bank people and I have had "funner" parties, but for what it was... it wasn't too bad, after all it was a bank throwing the party and the drinks and food weren't half bad. What was bad is that my office is in another state and I had to drive with the flow of the states yuckiest traffic to scoot myself over to the "Couv" as we Portlanders call it. I left my office at 330 and arrived in the Couv at 600... this drive on normal hours (non rush hour) is normally 40-45 min's.
Yep, Fun times. It also was national news about the storm that was coming in. mix the crap weather with this drive and that party was so very welcomed in my head. I bailed early because unlike the rest of the bankers I had a 45 minute drive home in a storm, I had 2 glasses of wine and with the wind jerking my car I was sure I was going to get pulled over for erratic driving as I could not maintain my lane with the wind. As I pulled on my street, everything went black and then there was no power. sometimes I am in the dark about things, but literally this time I was in the dark. I got power back by 4 in the morning.
So with 10 days left, I have the shopping thing out of the way. I will be sending out the remainder of my Christmas cards (no "brag" letters) I dont really have anything I want to brag and share about anyway, it would be more of a "glad the year is over and all the crap that came with it". I will just wait out the rest of the year at work like any normal day in hopes that nothing else can happen to make this the most "worstest year ever".