Party Time!

So this Saturday (tomorrow) is the East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Christmas Party. This is the first year I am actually going and I am excited and nervous at the same time. I have to work tomorrow morning for a few hours (overtime-yeah) and then it will be a frantic rush to get ready. Women have so many things to worry about. Hair, makeup, dress, heels, shaved legs, etc. And on top of that I would love to take a nap sometime so that when it hits 10pm I am not falling asleep at my table instead of dancing with the rest of my co-workers. This party starts at 6, dinner at 7 and dancing until 12. It should be fun but I don't really know what to expect. I have been warned that a lot of the people in previous years have gotten drunk and a little wild. I guess if things start getting to be too much, Alden and I can leave. It will be a nice excuse to dress up and dance a little. We haven't done too much dancing since we moved to LA. The party is in a fancy hotel in downtown LA. It should be fun.

I am hoping that next week my work schedule goes back to somewhat normal. Ben will be back from vacation and hopefully I will only be helping him out a few hours a day instead of doing all of the treatments. I got a call from our director of operations and she has put in my second raise (the one that was supposed to be incentive to help out at the two other buildings) and it is currently going through corperate approval. Luckily the will pay me retro earns for the time I have already been helping. Unfortuately, the government gets about half of those earnings. I hate taxes (just like the rest of the country).

Alden is supposed to get his Blazer back today. It had to have the transmission rebuilt, again. The last time was about 18 months ago. This time it broke becase the fly wheel broke first and messed everything up. The mechanic is graciously only charging us $1350 to fix it and have a two year warrenty! Ouch! Especially this time of year. Then it needs new fuel injectors which is another $400. And then if the stupid thing isn't working I am going to insist that we sell it to some unsuspecting Mexican (sorry) for more than it is worth and find something cheap but runs well. Ha Ha, as if that exists. Enough of my sob story.

Until next time...