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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DallasFanForever" data-source="post: 385480" data-attributes="member: 13221">Well I’m glad you did! You were noticeably absent around here lately. Then again, I converse with you on so many threads daily that you really weren’t missed that much (just kidding).0 degrees? I haven’t seen that in so long that I’m not sure how I would even react to it. Good luck with the snowstorm next week. I hope it’s not too bad for you over there! I’m glad they missed you. Flooding is no joke. It’s very common here unfortunately. We just had some tornadoes come through here, which is unusual for us this time of year, but they left some serious damage in their path. Luckily they missed this area though but unfortunately they didn’t miss the entire state. Thank you for saying that! As far as Christmas work stories, let’s see, what do I have? Well, this was the busiest year I’ve ever seen. I am so banged up it’s hysterical. But I’m okay. December 20th was the busiest day I’ve ever had. An average day for me is usually around 90 to 100 stops, so when I walked in to 244 that day I knew it was going to be a long one. I went to my two helpers to beg but one told me she had 215 and the other one said she had 197 and their hair was already sticking straight up  and they were both about to cry as it was so I just took my 244 and went with it. I worked about 12 hours but I got it done. It was crazy, it was tough, I thought it would never end, but it was also a lot of fun believe it or not. I was showing up at houses 8 o’clock at night that I usually go to at 9am but no one even cared. They all understood. Well, except for one but he got over it. A little slower but not much. Different world now. Ever since Covid everything changed. Most everything is done online now so we really don’t get slow times like we used to.I guess the two weeks off made it all worth it? That’s a nice chunk of time off to have in one shot! I’m very jealous. I’m hoping working nights over Christmas at least gave you some nice overtime? I love fireworks. I bet seeing them live in London has to be a lot of fun! I’m embarrassed to say I fell asleep around 9 o’clock New Year’s Eve and woke up 2:30 the next morning. I never heard the fireworks or anything else LOL. Yes, I’m happy to say I was. Most of them don’t know how mutual the feeling is though ‘cause there are so many of them I never even get to see. The lead up to things like that usually does feel worse than the actual event. I think we tend to make it worse because it’s usually something we don’t want to do but then we realize we have no choice. The people you’re doing it for is what makes it all worthwhile in my book. I’m reading that last paragraph back and I’m not sure if it makes any sense but I’m leaving it in. That’s a very nice outlook to have. I love Christmas and I’m so sad when it’s gone, but every day is special for one reason or another and we have to find that reason to make it special for us. It’s not always easy though. I guess it’s easy to take things for granted. Supportive family? Hmmm, is there such a thing? I’m just joking. I guess they can drive us nuts as much as they support us, but I’m okay with that. One of my favorite family members insisted on taking me out to lunch today for my birthday, which I’m fine with, but was running late and proceeded to keep telling me they’d be there in 30 minutes, then 22 minutes, then 6 minutes away, to which my response was if you stop texting me and keep driving you know you’ll get here faster, right? Not smart ticking off the person buying your bday lunch though, in retrospect. My week has been good so far and I hope yours has too LML! I’m glad you enjoy my Dallas posts and it’s wonderful having you over there too. That place was kind of unusually slow for awhile before you got there. You take care, have a nice weekend and everyone else please do the same!!</blockquote>

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