Oh what a schmuck!

Yes yes, I know I have been neglecting the blog lately. My bad!

Well, today is the day after Christmas. I haven't seen Paco since Thursday night / Friday morning. Since he's not yet out to his family, I couldn't come with him to his mother's house, way up north (Alpena, MI). This does make me a bit sad. I miss him and wish we could have spent the holiday together. He assures me that next year we will spend Christmas together "One way or another."

He's going to be back in town tonight, and tonight is when we will open our gifts from each other. I can't wait to see his face when he sees what I got him. Hehehehe.

I got over my little "love" problem a while ago. I've said it, and I meant it. Now it's his turn...time to tell the family. I mean, we have been looking at houses together. And for the love of, well, whatever you want, I am not going to be the "roommate" in my own home. I want him to come out in his own time, and his own way...but I will not wait forever, nor will I compromise who I am while waiting. Is this wrong of me?

CARF looms on the horizon. We know that they will be coming in January or February of 2007. They won't tell us exactly when until 2 weeks for they show up...nice eh? So, we are finishing up all the loose ends there. In fact, I've spent the last several days working on Database stuff (MS Access 2003) for exactly that. I'm talking Year End stats, demographics, survey statistics...nothing fun I'll tell ya!

What was fun was our trip to Tampa in November. We got a bug up our collective butts for a vacation. We picked up a rather last minute package to go to Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL. Oi! Lessons learned....

1. Never plan a vacation at the last minute.
2. Never pick a hotel because it is cheap.
3. Never assume that a park / hotel package is anything other than a business arrangement. (Hello, the hotel was 30 minutes away from the park, and there was no shuttle or anything...LAME!)
4. ALWAYS fly First Class when you can (Oh I LOVE frequent flyer miles).
5. ALWAYS drink as much as you can get away with on the plane (at least when the drinks are included, such as in First Class).

There will be more added later. ;)

Ciao for now. Here's hoping some stockings REALLY get stuffed tonight. ;)