Check this out:

My aunt from Charleston recently met up with a "distant" family member during her trip to Hawaii recently and had lunch. This cousin had done some VERY extensive research on the family and the two of them had an awesome time talking about the family's history! The aunt and I have always been really interested in our family's history so it was a real treat for her to meet this lady. So as it turns out, the family member isn't so distant after all--she's actually my aunt's second cousin, which makes her my 3rd cousin....but that's not the most interesting part---the aunt sent me a picture of this lady and I almost lost my breath when I saw it....this lady looks a lot (and I do mean a LOT) like my mother!!      

  Even my aunt's kids {who joined them at lunch} said after the lady left, "WOW--that woman looks just like Aunt Kathy [my mom]!!" Even though it took me aback to see the picture it's still cool in a way...I can look at this lady and kind of imagine what mom would have looked like if she were still here.

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Other stuff:

---> Work today was chock full of more annoyances. I assigned one of the field guys an appointment for next week, but before the ink was even dry on the email he writes back and tells me that he can't do the call because he's on vacation next week. So I check the calendar we use for entering time off--nothing. I check the Outlook calendar we just started using--nothing. I checked all my emails for the approval from his manager--again....nothing. Obviously this guy was full of crap---and you'd think that his manager would turn him down once it was obvious that the guy hadn't put in the request until today. No such luck. Even though the guys are REQUIRED to request vacation a month in advance, the time off was approved.                                               

   So I got screwed....AGAIN. I ask y'all...what is the use in my trying to do my job if at any given time the guys out in the field can just take off for a week when they don't like the day & time I arrange for them?! I'm really....REALLY....fed UP with this crap! I have to keep stepping back and reminding myself, "ok Bry...you make decent money, have great benefits, and a schedule that most folks would KILL to have (Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:30pm).....

---> I've gotten WAYYY behind on my stalking here at the 'Stream [AGAIN] and I feel horrible about it! One of the things I love to do is surf around and read all the stuff going on with you all out there but I've become a slacker lately and not gotten around to doing my visiting! Please forgive me! I promise I'll catch up on my socializing this weekend!!

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That's it for now! Cindy made dinner for Chris and me--corned beef and cabbage. As always it was AWESOME...but I'm now fat, happy, and sleepy!!