Oh my. Busy, busy, busy. Sales calls, reports, Christmas coming, Thanksgiving, remodeling, business trips, vacation planning.... [excuse me while I catch my breath]...

I had a nice little surprise yesterday. There were three paychecks in the mail. I thought this was a result of Computers Gone Wild, but it turned out to be my paycheck, my annual bonus check, and the amount of raise I should have been getting since August, but didn't because my boss is always late doing reviews. He never even told me how much my raise was going to be, but when I did the math I discovered he gave me a 5% raise. Once upon a time, that was no big deal, but nowadays that's a really good raise. Then again, I sold $6.5 million, when more than half the sales force is selling $2 million or less, so they should give me a big raise, right? And the other woman in the sales force told me that when she was interviewing, the head hunter told her that the most successful salesman in our company was a woman. That would be me. So I'm feeling pretty good right now.

The Professor is out of town and I wanted to celebrate, so I took Guppy and Stormii to the Aquarium for dinner. If you've never been to one of these restaurants, the food is fairly good and the decor is spectacular, with fish from all over the world in huge tanks. And Guppy, as he was musing that he'd like to make his bedroom look a lot like the restaurant, came up with a perfect idea for me. He suggested that we build in a large tank in a spot that will be visible from most of the house. Others have suggested tanks over the years and it never really appealed to me, but Gup hit on the perfect spot. My oldest grandson, D-Man, has been suggesting for a long time that he set up a salt water tank and maintain it. I do believe he is going to get his opportunity.

Well, I have been up for a few hours already, doing laundry, Christmas shopping on the internet and baking, and now I need to rehearse a presentation I have to give in a couple of hours. Hope everyone has a really great day!