Christmas time

Well, it’s here again. The time of year when lists are made, cheeks are rosy, and the ringing of bells can be heard throughout. This is, of course, the time of year when Melissa makes a list of all the things we (and by ‘we’, I mean ‘she’) needs to get done, her cheeks get all flustered rosy (mostly because by ‘we’, she means ‘we’), and she goes ringing doorbells dropping off gifts to our neighbors. This year was especially good because we included in some of our neighbor-niceties balloon rockets that make a sound very similar to flatulence. It doesn’t get more appropriate than that.

This is also the time of year when everyone on my outdated list of contacts receives via email or actual mail the yearly Pierce update. If you haven’t received yours yet, it means we don’t love you anymore because they were mailed out in the end of November. November of last year. Also, that was last year’s version. This year’s version may end up being a post-Christmas newsletter mailed out sometime in January. Okay, who am I kidding? It definitely will be a post-Christmas newsletter mailed out sometime in January. Probably January of 2010.

This is actually a good thing. We haven’t mailed a newsletter because I’m awesome at my job. At least that’s what I tell myself. It’s a lot easier than, “I didn’t pretend to be too busy with something else and got stuck on a proposal which took way too much unpaid overtime.” You can see how “I’m awesome at my job” is a lot easier to say. It’s at least 18 words shorter. So for all of you out there who are expecting a newsletter, stop waiting by the door for the mailman (at least until mid-January).

As for Christmas: what a wonderful time of the year, even if Bruce doesn’t think so…
Also, does anyone have any ideas for Melissa? I still have 1.14 days, right?