Even though it’s already the 3rd of January, it doesn’t feel like it. In fact, I’ve been so preoccupied with dad’s condition that the time has really flown by. He’s had a good day today according to mother. He spent a lot of time with the physical therapist. He was up and walking with a walker and doing some exercises. This afternoon the speech therapist came in and they had a good session as well. He’s still having a lot of issues with eating. The diet he’s on is probably pretty bland and he’s refusing to eat very much of it. So, they’re also giving him a can of Ensure three times a day as well. He’s got to start building up his strength.<\/p>\n
The way that the holiday calendar is put together where I work, we have two holidays in the first six months of the year: New Year’s Day and Memorial Day. The second half of the year is loaded: Fourth of July, Labor Day, two days at Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. We also have three floating days that we can use as we wish. I think, however, that there needs to be another standard holiday in the first half of the year!<\/p>\n
Some of the travel schedule is beginning to shape up. It looks like I’ll be going to Belgium for ten days at the beginning of February and will be back in the Philippines sometime in the summer. I’ll also make a couple of trips to California along the way. I haven’t made a business trip since last June. That’s the longest that I’ve been home without business travel in many years. It’s been nice, but I’m looking forward to going again.<\/p>\n
So, the new year has started. I’ve decided to do something different and make a few resolutions:<\/p>\n
And I’ll consider it a good year if I can keep two out of four of them! There’s some new pictures in the Picture Album. Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Even though it’s already the 3rd of January, it doesn’t feel like it. In fact, I’ve been so preoccupied with dad’s condition that the time has really flown by. He’s had a good day today according to mother. He spent a lot of time with the physical therapist. He was up and walking with a … Continue reading Happy New Year!<\/span>