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December 25, 2004
Christmas Festivities
I can see why so many people get stressed out at this time of year. There are a lot of demands and expectations of people around the holidays. Families and friends plan get-togethers and expect us to be there. We go. But I’m tired. Last night I intended on writing a blog entry but I fell asleep in my chair. I read a little online and made a few comments then began to write. I think I woke up somewhere around 1:00am, started to write again, then woke up again at 5:00am, then went to bed, only to get up again at 7:00am. I did sleep, but it wasn’t a very good sleep.
This morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast with my family at my sister’s house and a few friends of the family. It was very nice. At around noon we came home, got ready and went to my wife’s father’s house for the day. We ate a lot of food and played some card games. It was fun, but I opted out of the last half hour of games and took a catnap on the couch. That felt good!
Then after dinner we came home and it’s time to relax. I posted my blog entry, helped my wife make some ice cream in her new ice-cream maker. :-) So far so good. I plan on having some tomorrow night.
Tomorrow will be a busy day for all of us also. I’m going to work in the morning, for four hours, and then going right to my aunt’s house for a huge family gathering. I’m excited about it, because we only get together like this once per year. I’m sure it will be a late evening, so Monday I’ll be tired and have to recuperate.
I think in our case, we do this because Christmas is an excuse to get together at least once per year and catch up on what’s been happening in each other’s lives. And of course there is a lot of food involved. Everyone is expected to bring something to these gatherings. It’s all good, but many of the foods, like Christmas cookies and other sweets, are not things I’d normally consume in large quantities.
Now it’s 10:15pm and I’m going to work on my winter bike for a diversion from all of the festivities and so it’s ready to go on Monday morning when I ride it to work.
Oh, I finally got a replacement lense for my 23 year old Cannon AE-1 35mm camera, so I will take some pictures this week and scan a few in for posting here. I can’t wait to see how they turn out. I put that camera to a lot of use back when I first bought it. Now I have to re-learn what an aperture is and f-stop, etc. Haha. It’ll be fun.
Have a great night!
Posted by carl1236 at December 25, 2004 10:21 PM | Balance