Hiya BetterMost friends.
Kelda, I'm not sure I'd even try that cake!
It's Black Friday here in the US, but you couldn't PAY me to go shopping today! I'm at work, getting filing done and putting up the Christmas decorations.
Oh, and check this out! At my job we're allowed to carry over 5 vacation days that we didn't use the prior year. I always do this. Anyway......with everything that's gone on here (Linda retired in April, June was renewal season, Margaret left on sick leave in July, Maria went for three weeks to Spain) I was not able to take any vacation time. I took 7 days in November just before Chicago. I thought I had 9 days left in total.....4 I had to use, and 5 that I would "carry over" to next year.
It turns out I have 14 days left.
I have to use 9 days before the end of the year, or I lose them. I won't let that happen, so I approached my supervisor. We have year-end stuff that needs to be done, so I'd rather not take weeks off. Maria told me that after today, I'll take off every Friday and Monday, so from now until the new year, I'll be only working Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The one exception will be Friday, Dec. 23rd, as Maria already took that day off, so I will be here.
Today's destination, Léon Cathedral, Spain:
The walls of Léon's Gothic cathedral, which was begun in 1205, were built more with glass than with stone. One hundred twenty-five stained-glass windows, three giant rose windows, and fifty-seven oculi fill the lofty interior with bejeweled shafts of light.