Where Does the Time Go?

[copied from dland]

Not any place constructive, I can tell you that. Oh, maybe a little.

I'm all mixed up on dates, which you wouldn't think I'd be, considering that yesterday was December 25, but since we had family Christmas on Saturday, I'm all turned around. I think I did post on Sunday, but not yesterday.

Yesterday was as quiet as a day gets. I never did get dressed (although yes, I did put on a bra; a whole day without one is not so much as comfortable as you might think) and other than that, I don't think I did anything at all. Were the girls both here? Uh ... I think so. They went to the movies Sunday afternoon, but I don't even remember what they were doing in the house yesterday, or what I did. I do remember that R slept until 10:30 while we were all waiting to open gifts, and just as we sat down to do that, the ILs called to wish us a Merry etc. and ask what we got, and so on, but we finally got to it. Here's the take:

K gave me a cuddly zippered top I had picked out at the Giant Jeans Conglomerate, as well as two very cuddly pairs of socks.

R gave me a pair of socks THAT SHE MADE (pictures tomorrow) and a matching belt THAT SHE MADE. (She knits.)

The Hubs gave me a couple of books (a new biography of Walt Disney and a book by Bob Newhart), the "new" Beatles album, Love, which is actually wonderful, and a Lenox statue thingy of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Hey, it means he went to a mall. I'm impressed.

He seemed amused by his bobble-heads, and very much liked the newest Rumpole book that I gave him, as well as another trinket or two. The girls seemed to enjoy their hauls as well, although the backup battery I got K for her phone didn't have the right connector, and I took that back this morning. I'll get her a battery backup for her iPod instead, since she's got one day a week next semester where she has something like a four-hour break between classes, and her phone holds a charge better than an iPod does.

I actually braved the mall again today, twice in a holiday week, this time to get a little more info on that cool make-up I got last week. Okay, okay, I got another item or two, but I also got my make-up done in the store so the girl could show me how to use everything, so that was fine. Today's mall strategy was that I wasn't going to care where I parked, which made things less tense. Of course, I could have parked in my driveway and walked to the mall, considering how far it was, but since we're still having spring in December, it wasn't a big deal.

Then this afternoon, the girls and I headed down the Parkway again to go to a wake, which I think I mentioned the other day. It was a little odd to drive an hour and a quarter each way to spend fifteen minutes there, but it was the right thing to do. The colleague whose father had passed away said that only one other person from school had come, and although he wasn't expecting anyone, really, I did know that other guy was going -- he had told me the time and place of the wake -- and I knew it was the right thing for us to go, too. This guy has been an incredible teacher/mentor/friend to my children, and they wanted very much to pay their respects to him. He was touched that we came, and we were very glad that we went.

I just looked back at my last couple of entries, so, to follow up: I made the pumpkin pies. We did have cognac after dinner on Sunday, and may I say, yuck. Also red wine with dinner, probably the first red wine I've had in twenty years, but it was nice and dry, so I liked it. (I found the wine glasses and the huge wine goblets that were a wedding gift but which we had never ever used until the cognac.) We did have Chinese food last night.

So now you know where the time went, and so do I, I guess. I have some actual activities planned for tomorrow, so perhaps I will have something to write about. Keep your fingers crossed for no broken bones or torn anythings; I'm going to the gym in morning.


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