Well, hello again!

Happy new year all! Christmas was relatively uneventful. We went to KC to James' folks. His brother John got in later than expected, but got to stay a few extra days. Jeff wasn't able to get a flight until the 26th after his original flight was cancelled, so we didn't "do" Christmas until then.
Work has been hard to catch up on as all three of my part timers are not here for January. Amy is doing study abroad, Alyssa just came back for school this week and wants to get through the first week of class before she comes back to work, and Jenelle, who only works Sat. anyway, is working on her Master's degree this month. Luckily my manager's wife is kind of a floating office person for our district, so she helps out once a week. Hopefully I'll be all caught up by this time next week.
Still no exciting watch, apparently it is on back order until the end of the month. I did get a bunch of new Cd's though. JJ Cale & Eric Clapton's The Road to Escondido is very good. Cale is the one who actually wrote many of Clapton's big hits (Cocaine being my favorite) The other one that I really like is Gov't Mule's Deja Voodoo. Hard blues, think Allman Brothers or Stevie Ray Vaughn with some jam band thrown in. I'm still waiting on the new Zuton's album, apparently it was available in the US for about a week, during which I failed to buy it, so I had to get an import. Not a bad thing, just a little more expensive. I am also waiting for the soundtrack from the move The Good Thief. I saw the movie on IFC and throughout the movie is Bono's version of That's Life, which is incredible. I honestly don't remember the rest of the soundtrack that well, but it has gotten good reviews. Hopefully it will live up to them.