Well, I am officially at the end of my vacation time. I got a lot done on those days off. Almost everything on my list was completed. I also had a lot of time to think. Amazingly I had an epiphany! It did not happen because of church or anything like that. It was because of an episode of "The Doctors" and a Halmark Christmas movie. The episode of "the Doctors" was all about menopause. While I always knew what menopause could do to a woman's body, it never occured to me that what was going on with me had that much to do with menopause. The almost bi-polar mood swings, the desire to cry without reason, the weight gain, the inability to deal with some things and all the rest. All of a sudden it became clear. It has everything to do with my hysterectomy! Okay, now that I know the issue, I can deal with this. So what does the Halmark Christmas move have to do with this? It was about a situation that I thought I knew how I would react to. As the movie went on, I started to question myself. It became clear that I have a long way to go to become the person that I want to be. It also gave me the path to follow to become that person. All is well with the world. On another note, we were able to enjoy Thanksgiving with my family and my husband's family. Both occations were very nice and I am thankful that we all had this time together. We all enjoy each other's company and had a great time. I had a whole different perspective this year. Loved it. And now - back to work tomorrow. I am thankful to have a job, but not too excited to go back at this point. I just enoyed my vacation too much.