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I had a... good Christmas.
No mood swings, no depression, no terrible feeling that I got it wrong yet again. It was a GOOD day.
D. and I slept very, very late - we'd both stayed up late reading our Christmas Eve presents (one of my family's traditions is that you give books for Christmas Eve. This started as a means to get kids to go to bed so the parents could "play Santa" in peace, but I give to adults as well). I woke up a couple of times in the morning to the sound of extremely heavy rain. When I finally got up and put my lenses in, I saw that we were having sleet and snow. I don't think I've ever seen a white Christmas before.
After getting up around 1 (!) we opened gifts. I will not go into details but we got many useful and amusing things.
We spent the afternoon watching one of D.'s gifts, "Mullholland Drive". Excellent movie - beautifully shot and acted, but we still have no idea what happened. Our best theory is that the plot operates on a loop with no beginning or end, but I'm eager to hear other thoughts. Nothing would be a spoiler and I'd say that everyone has an equal chance of being right.
Ate turkey burgers (ah, tryptophan!) and chocolate chip cookies. Watched the cats play with their new toys (Spice decided her squeaky mouse needed a whupping, and Kisia hoovered up her catnip treats).
It was good, but I am looking forward to the world "starting" again - everything seems to go on hold until 12/25, especially the day itself.
No mood swings, no depression, no terrible feeling that I got it wrong yet again. It was a GOOD day.
D. and I slept very, very late - we'd both stayed up late reading our Christmas Eve presents (one of my family's traditions is that you give books for Christmas Eve. This started as a means to get kids to go to bed so the parents could "play Santa" in peace, but I give to adults as well). I woke up a couple of times in the morning to the sound of extremely heavy rain. When I finally got up and put my lenses in, I saw that we were having sleet and snow. I don't think I've ever seen a white Christmas before.
After getting up around 1 (!) we opened gifts. I will not go into details but we got many useful and amusing things.
We spent the afternoon watching one of D.'s gifts, "Mullholland Drive". Excellent movie - beautifully shot and acted, but we still have no idea what happened. Our best theory is that the plot operates on a loop with no beginning or end, but I'm eager to hear other thoughts. Nothing would be a spoiler and I'd say that everyone has an equal chance of being right.
Ate turkey burgers (ah, tryptophan!) and chocolate chip cookies. Watched the cats play with their new toys (Spice decided her squeaky mouse needed a whupping, and Kisia hoovered up her catnip treats).
It was good, but I am looking forward to the world "starting" again - everything seems to go on hold until 12/25, especially the day itself.
