Leisurely Evening

Not much going on tonight and I am sooooo excited! I went to my friend Shannon's house last night for dinner. Our friend Lynda came over too and Shannon made us Chicken Tetrazzini. She says she's not a good cook, but that meal was awesome! We drank delicious red wine and then headed out at about 11:45pm. !!! Woh. Time flies when you're having fun, I guess. I'm so exhausted today. Her kids Caty (age 12) and Dylan (age 15) were there too so we all hung out and had a great time talking. What's even better is that I'm having the leftovers for lunch today. Yummy.

Shannon and I are planning to start walking together two nights a week. Ifigure that's better than not exercising at all. I hope we can keep up with it because I'm still working off that Christmas weight. I might bring Callaway every once in a while... if he's good. Not when I need to destress though because walking him is way stressful. Especially with all the stray dogs in our area.

So tonight is our leisurely evening. Travis is going to take a break from studying for his Journeyman's license and we're going to veg out and watch a movie. Thank goodness for Blockbuster Online!

Travis has been dealing with some bad news at work right now. The contractor (Bay Ltd.) that he works for was supposed to do a bid for Valero and because they don't usually do that Bay WAY overbid an outrageous amount. That made Valero mad so they pulled all their contracts. That means there's no work for everyone. SO Bay started laying off employees. Travis is a hard worker, so hopefully he'll be one of the last to go. In the meantime he's applied for four permanent positions directly for Valero. He got an email asking him to come in for an interview on Friday (which works out because he works 10 hour days, Monday through Thursday). He has to take a test at the interview and then he should find out by February 16th. It's a tough move because he will have to go down in pay initially which will REALLY hurt us financially. Then he would get a raise every three to four months. Down the line, he'd get paid a lot more than he's getting now. Plus there's supposedly great benefits. It's just a matter of time and if we can handle it. Here's hoping!