New Year's Eve. I am so excited to have a day off with Molli that I woke up before 5. Which is counterproductive, since she won't be up for hours and then she will want me to stay up until midnight! If I could only nap...

There is so much to do today and it will be gone before I know it. Sigh.

Yesterday, I went to work again while everyone was asleep. Except Molli has been having me wake her up long enough to sit with me a few minutes while I eat breakfast. It was so overcast, it was dark pretty much until I left for work. Yesterday I worked on payroll. Kerri came in, even though she is sick, to turn in her time sheet and check the time cards for the night staff. When I submitted it, it turned out I was a day late. I don't know why I ave trouble keeping track of that. For direct deposit, you have to submit payroll two business days before payday. Instead of today, it will be Monday. So then a couple of people needed paper checks instead of direct deposit. More work on the end-of-year letters. And I went to Kroger and got some milk, bread and cold cuts.

I was supposed to meet the family for lunch at noon, but Job TREC was at the other location, Kerri was sick, and Jaron had an appointment at noon. So I waited until he got back before I went to lunch. They ordered for me and it was fine. Then we jumped in our car to take Amelia to the airport in Atlanta. First we dropped Molli off to see her friend Adam before he heads off to Brazil. His mother is worried sick and I am a little concerned too. He has saved $4000, he has taken 2 semesters of Portuguese, and he has a lead on teaching English. Also, he has the address of a hostel. So, what was he doing the day before he leaves? He was celebrating his dog's birthday in the park. People sure are interesting. Among other things, he plans to take his cello!

The traffic was a little slow in Atlanta and I get to be a nervous wreck when anyone is trying to catch a plane. We got there a little over an hour before her flight. Unfortunately, she had trouble checking in. The kiosk wouldn't do it and the attendant couldn't help. Apparently, they canceled her whole ticket when she didn't use the first part. Which is why she had called the day after she arrived to let them know that she did not rebook the flight to Atlanta, but still wanted the return trip. The helpful woman was on the phone for about 20 minutes, before getting her back on the plane. She won't know until she gets her credit card statement whether they really did reimburse for the whole ticket or not, before charging her again for this leg. They advised her, if it ever happens again, not to request a refund until she has made the return trip. Very helpful, except she did not request it--they offered. And if she hadn't called, I am pretty sure they would have canceled her flight home. Sigh. Anyway, she is safe home. Except that she came down with a cold the day she left--poor baby. I'm sorry, Amelia.

We picked Molli up again and made it home with some slight delays for traffic. After supper, we were all pretty tired, but Molli wanted to do something special. We ended up watching TV. I made it almost until 10. Sorry, Molli.