Andrea's End of the Day Comments (Holiday Version)

As this is only a 2 1/2 day work "week" for me (Praise God!) I feel inclined to take a few minutes here at the end of the day to post some observations I have made:
1. If a holiday, such as Thanksgiving, should fall on a weekday, employers should give their employees the entire week off, 'cause no one does jack shit anyways.
2. Lionel Ritchie has an incredible body of work. I've heard 4 of his songs while at work today. I wonder if he has a Christmas album out.
3. Aside from most every other time of the year, it is cool to work in a small office where your boss must go out of state in order to visit relatives, for this allows the "staff" to wear jeans to work every day. Who's here to rat us out? Well, there is ONE chick, but that's another post, so screw it, we've ALL got our Levi's on!
4. If you stare long enough at pictures, maps, certificate of achievements, blah blah blah,hanging on the wall directly in front of you, you can rearrange them WITH YOUR MIND.
5. Once you begin thinking about ingesting a wonderful, creamy, luscious slice of pumpkin pie, say, on Thanksgiving day, it is a given you will stop by a grocery store on your way home from work and buy one...and eat the whole thing that very evening.
6. It still sucks to be at work on a Monday, even though you may have only approximately 11 hours left of it until next Monday. EMPLOYERS: Please refer to Observation No. 1.

Valle-JO (Vallejo)

In an effort to make my big city relatives’ trip to our fair(ly sad) city a tad more interesting, Michael and I have invited them to go out with us Wednesday night to see one of our favorite local bands play downtown on Crockett Street. The event – Thanksfest. Yes, an incredible stretch of a name just to be able to clarify that it’s around Thanksgiving, but whaddya expect, it’s Boremont, er, Beaumont. The band is Vallejo and they are incredible...they're kind of a mix between Matchbox 20 & Santana. Vallejo is a Spanish name and they incorporate cool salsa rythyms & riffs in their music...in addition to your drums and guitars, one guy plays the bongos and another plays the trumpet, so it's a pretty good show. At least once during the night, each instrument will have its solo and they’re always bad ass jams. Anyways, just thought I'd put it out there for any poor sap who actually reads this blog, ‘cuz it really is a good time and I strongly believe in supporting our local talent. (And if anyone from the band should just happen to read this, I would like to just TAP a bongo ONE time! ‘K, maybe twice, but just to get the whole effect!) Y’all come out now, hear?!?