last work week of the year

this week will be my last one for the year! we're leaving for LA on friday. it seems so fast that vacation is almost here and it's almost christmas time. we still need to get a gift for julian's parents. my family is not really big on gifts and we don't really exchange anything, usually we just go out to eat to celebrate occasions. so it's such a foreign notion to have to buy bday and christmas gifts for family every year...it's soooo hard to think of stuff to buy! it kinda really sucks. but i guess it's similiar to when julian and i buy gifts for each other, since we exchange presents for valentine's, anniversary, bday, christmas, a lot of the times we end up picking our own gifts which kind of defeats the purpose of giving a gift! heh. this christimas, i got a great christmas present that julian didn't ask for, so hopefully he likes it =P

last week it was announced that our 2nd line (manager of my manager) is going to a new position, and her replacement will be tucson. it'll be interesting to have a new 2nd line, especially in tucson. we've all been so used to having our 2nd line here, so it'll be an interesting adjustment. it's pretty obvious where they want the team to end up in the future after everyone has left!