By late morning, the snow began to fall. It was questionable at first if it would amount to much, but by this evening it had even stuck to the streets and it was nicely scenic. I’m not a big holiday person. In fact I’ve said in the past that my favorite holiday is New Years because it represents the end to a long holiday season. But as I mentioned, th
is year has been noticeably relaxed. Yesterday, I masterfully knocked out my Christmas shopping in a couple of hours at grocery stores, Tuesday morning and Office Depot with no crowds. Then I jogged five miles. Nathan came by and we exchanged gift cards and caught up on things. Then an evening at Carol’s with her mother. We took her mother back to Heritage Woods after driving about looking at lights.
The weather, or something, put out a big swath of power so we sat by candlelight for about 45 minutes until it was restored. The snow couldn’t have picked a more convenient time to come, but still I get a little stir-crazy when it limits my mobility. Facebook and internet access is nice, but it’s no substitute for getting out and about. The week ahead is the last one of the year and holds on-call, a dental appointment and one or two others and starting a new project at work that I’ve been obsessing about too much—it will be healthy to get it started. Then I should be thinking about a mental wrap-up of the year and looking ahead to the new year.
