-Christmas has come and gone. This year most of my immediate family was absent (due to preference/inability/death) so I expected it to be quite bland and melancholy. However, it wound up being pretty great - highlights:
- my niece looking for Jesus on the ceiling and then deciding he was actually the baby sitting a row behind us during mass
- lively discussion, delicious fondue and games with a complete stranger on Xmas Eve
- online zombie fights late into that same night with an old friend across the country
- being psyched by gifts I'd forgotten I'd even asked for
- a mini-toast in memory of the only grandparent I've ever known
- lots of chatting with a far-away brother and his family
- painting the niece's fingernails like a pro
- brunch with a good friend (and running into several others at the same time)
- receiving a "F*#k you" in response to a gift given, after which I couldn't stop smiling
- It's A Wonderful Life
-Simultaneously glad and completely bummed I didn't buy that snowboard pass this year.
-There are not nearly enough 30+ degree weather days this time of year...I'm sort of desperate to start running again.
-Incidentally, the last time I went out for a run I wound up with a week-long flu thing that kicked my ass. Perhaps hibernation/insulation is a better call for now.
-I miss the whole of my family.
Alright, gotta try hitting the hay again. G'night for now.
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