Giving thanks they didn't take the rest of the car...

Thanksgiving certainly had its ups and downs. The break was nice. I'm at that point in the semester where all the projects and papers and presentations are due, but it hasn't felt overwhelming. This is basically because I've reached the "blissful numbness" point....

So half your team isn't at the meeting?
So it's hard to make those recommendations in your paper with a straight face?
So you answer quantitative economics problems with "and so forth..."?

Whatever.....

This isn't to say I'm not still working hard, but I've probably learned what I'm going to learn this semester, my teams are the way they are, and most deliverables are pretty well defined.

And if not, I've only got a couple more weeks anway.

As for the downs, well...while we were at my in-laws house, we got a call from our neighbors saying someone stole the headlights out of my wife's car in our driveway. Seriously? What would someone want with a couple of bulbs? Oh, you mean they took the whole headlight assembly? That's better. The fact that any set of headlight assemblies can cost over $1200 has to be a crime.....a crime that promotes more crime....which should also be a crime. Long story short, somebody owes me an explanation.

And I chipped a tooth! Everything is not coming up Millhouse. We were on our way to cut down our Christmas tree. (It's our first one as a married couple, which is very exciting. We drove for what felt like two hours to a place my brother-in-law knew about. It was his idea. My wife and I found our tree in about fifteen minutes. My brother-in-law looked for about an hour and a half...and then picked out a pre-cut one off the lot. Well done. But I'm happy with my tree.) So while we were on the way, I was eating a jaw breaker, and I chipped the corner off a front tooth. I have to admit, I wasn't prepared for this. I was fully aware that there was a risk I could break my jaw, but nobody said anything about teeth. Somebody's getting an angry letter for Christmas.

At least it didn't make me speak with a whistle...

Happy Holidays!

Go next year's Cubs....