Working hard until the end

I just submitted my timesheet for this last 2-week pay period. I don't think its neccessary to say that 250 hours is more hours than I've ever and probably will ever work again for someone else in my life. And thats with some "down" days... days that I "only" worked 12 hours so I could recover. About half of these days I was in my office until at least sunset, and there were a few that I never went to sleep but for a quick nap during the day when I could sqeeze some time in. The timing worked out pretty well with my vacation coming up, and I don't know how I'd be able to recover from all this without it.

I'll be home for Christmas...

So the cat is out of the bag -- I had to confess that I had been planning to come home and surprise everyone for Christmas. Well... surprise! I won't be in town long -- only a few days -- but hope to see everyone while I'm back.

Things have been super busy here... we have our backs against the wall and I've been working for sometimes up to 36 hours straight with minimal amounts of sleep while we try to get everything squared away here. My last pay period I billed for 231 hours... way more than I've ever approached at any other job. Needless to say my photography time has declined dramatically.

Its in the stars (planets)

Tonight the moon, Jupiter, and Venus were all in very close proximity with each other. Because of the open space we have here, I've been able to watch Jupiter and Venus get closer and closer every evening, and now they have come to group very nicely with the Moon. For those of you in the states, you can see the same thing around sunset tonight-- just look west.