It's been a while since I have posted anything. Here are some events from the last few weeks.
1. I went to beautiful Beverly Hills to present my 2009 budget to the board of directors responsible for the company. A bit stressful, since my direct boss was pushing for more profit in a year that looks pretty bad.
2. One of the parties interested in buying the company sent 8 people to Mexico to do a detailed review of our operations. They stayed for 2 days. I don't think they found anything that would make them change their mind about buying us.
3. The peso devalued significantly, making collecting our accounts, which are denominated in dollars, very difficult.
4. Given the stress of the 3 items above, my defenses against illness were weakened, and I got sick.
5. While speaking with the Board of Directors, I mentioned that I was ill and it was probably a result of being stressed. My boss responded that I should not let things as 'trivial' as the budget and due diligence visits stress me out. I responded that people who know her are surprised that I'm not ill all the time!! I'm not sure she thought that was very funny.
6. Poodle and Baby and Little Brandon arrived on Sunday. Baby and Brandon arrived last, and their flight was late. We got home Monday morning at about 1:30 a.m.
7. All of us went to Puebla on Monday. Yesterday, we hiked in the area known as Rio Frio. It is in the mountains between Puebla and Mexico City. MTB will post pictures and give a more detailed report.
Merry Christmas to All!!!!!
Baby and Poodle sitting on the ledge outside our kitchen, solving the world's problems (or maybe just chatting)....
The kids breaking the piñata. They were great. When the piñata broke, they all made sure everyone received some candy. Not one of these kids thought first of themselves.
