I needed this pseudo vacation.  4 days went pretty quick. Granted, I worked for a few hours on Thursday morning, but that allowed me to get a few things done that required the focus I can't get on a normal work day with all of the calls and chat messages.  We went to my favorite egg's aunt/uncles for Thanksgiving about an hour away.  There was a bit of black ice etc around the area.  We made it home without incident, but did pass a fresh hot mess of an accident.  My take for this event was a broccoli salad (since his one aunt that normally makes it wasn't coming) and a cheesy crab dip (which turned out really yummy).

Friday I spent the morning working to clean upstairs (bathrooms and vacuum) and in my bedroom.  I gathered a few things to get rid of, sorted through the gifts that I've bought thus far, and wrapped a majority of them.  We then ran out to make the remainder of the payment on Avery's second year of jiu jitsu/muay thai with their seasonal "deals" on pre-pay.  We watched a movie, had some hot cocoa, and just relaxed.

Saturday we relaxed at a local coffee shop in town and then popped into the library to get the girl more reading material.  Today I got busy downstairs pulling everything out at the front of the living room to vacuum and clean before putting up the tree.  Avery picked to put it in the living room this year rather than the entry hall, which I support so I don't have to move my antique table out there.  I also started filling out the envelopes on my Christmas cards.  I need another 4 days to get other things off of my to do lit.

I want to get up to the mall again to visit with Santa, but I am dreading how busy it will be.  We need to make some Christmas cookies too - that is the best to do, with a built in reward.