Thanksgiving and Annual Reporting Exercise

I'm still lost in an ocean of work... the worst thing is that it is thinking work. If it were just doing work it wouldn't be so dramatic. But I'am in the midst of the annual reporting exercise, and that means that I am chasing my colleagues in order to have the information I need (in the guidelines of the exercise it's written: the whole country office must mobilize in order to produce the highest level report... hehehe)
That goes besides the usual expat worries at this time of the year, such as find an airplane ticket to arrive home at a aprudent time in order to preserve your inheritance, etc... also, if possible, not to get fired because you run of the office when there's most work, and not running out of money in the attempt, because it's a highly undesirable situation (generally, and particularly when you live a thousand miles far from your country).

At least, weather is fine, and that's a fair improvement. Here around they say it's winter, so it's 19ºC...

I've receive a few negative reactions about the last post (these things happen, I'm not kind in person, so why would it be so in the internet?), so I must make two declarations: it wasn't against people; you have the perfect right of being mushrooms if you want to! (know, assume the consequences!! I'm rude and when you repeat that to me, I deal with it). My anger was with myself (and with the world, for extension) for expecting things that are not going to happen and for not noticing it on time...

The second declaration is that I'm taking a short trip to Paris, let's see if we have time to prepare it all... it was a night shift and one of my searchs through low costs... we decided to go to Paris after the Three Kings Day, because we want to. And I'm especially doing this because I'm now accomplishing the first of my new rules on travels: to travel with a nonfrequent traveller, if and only if the other person proposes it.
Hm... sales on Paris!!!
World has become such a little place.

Nota bene: I need to improve my funny stories repertoire, C needs the flight to seem short...

And as per the rutine (JA), we're still redecorating over here... There's only left the physical part, mainly photos on the walls... this weekend is my deadline... I've almost catched with the work in the U, and I need to do some Xmas chopping, so this weekend is going to be spend here at the City (that and there's a huge incentive on Saturday, as there's a party, and I've enough travels on perspective next weeks)... my prenew year purpose is to make my home seem a home before leaving.

And talking about purposes and ending of the year, the post title comes not only from the fact that I'm full of work, but also from the thought that I maybe should do some annual reporting exercise including some lessons learnt, that have been quite a lot this year.
What I dont't have so clear is about Thanksgiving... but anyway, today is the turkey chicken day, as one friend told me this morning, and I wanted to include it, that misterious holiday.

Special thoughts today (not because of being Zenksguibindei, sorry for my spelling): to the Archer, who is taking an exam without convinction but with some nerves (come on, man, we all do rememner your Statistics!!!) and to my beloved Legal Drug Dealer, who today has a familiar surgery.... loads of positive energy for you both!!!