December continued to be a very busy month with almost a race for time. We still had numerous visits to make and we found out that everything shuts down for the Christmas and New Years holidays for full two weeks. Therefore our exit conference needed to be no later than Dec. 15 because we were booked as a guest speaker for the Regional Economical Development Council on the 16th, the 17th was a staff meeting and the 18th a Christmas party. As I mentioned earlier, the holidays start early here...apparently Christmas music begins in September. It was already in full swing when we arrived.