No more work!!! Well, sort of, at least...
It's finally holiday time. I was antsy all week. On Monday I still thought that working all 5 days was going to happen. By Wednesday, I had realized that there wasn't a chance of that happening. I finished up as much as I could, tried to tied up any loose ends that were left, and took off for my 11 days of vacation.
Today, I mostly just cleaned the house. Not the most thrilling thing ever, but we've got lots of Christmas visiting planned for the next few days, and then 12 people coming over for dinner on Tuesday, so I figured now was probably a good time to make sure the bathroom and kitchen were presentable. The house smells slightly of cleaning supplies, which fortunately everyone I live with seems to enjoy.
Plans for the rest of the holidays include lots of eating (2 turkey dinners!!!), visiting lots of family here in town, maybe a trip up to Edmonton to see the grandparents, and sending Mike off to Peterborough in the new year so that he can visit his family out there. Teachers out here are off from Dec. 23 to Jan. 7, a nice long holiday, though much needed in his case. The visit home will be when I (poor sucker) am back at work, and he'll still be on holidays.
All the shopping is done (thank goodness, since it's the 22nd now, and the malls must be bursting at the seams with people), and the tree and lights are all up. I again got inordinately excited about my tree skirt, which, while awesome, probably doesn't merit that level of excitement. Oh well, I like this holiday, probably best of all the ones there are. Might as well have fun with it. Next year, I really do need to work on looking for my very own light up reindeer, just to push the awesomeness level of our outdoor decorations up a little more.
That's it for now. I hope everyone is having (or will have) a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Today, I mostly just cleaned the house. Not the most thrilling thing ever, but we've got lots of Christmas visiting planned for the next few days, and then 12 people coming over for dinner on Tuesday, so I figured now was probably a good time to make sure the bathroom and kitchen were presentable. The house smells slightly of cleaning supplies, which fortunately everyone I live with seems to enjoy.
Plans for the rest of the holidays include lots of eating (2 turkey dinners!!!), visiting lots of family here in town, maybe a trip up to Edmonton to see the grandparents, and sending Mike off to Peterborough in the new year so that he can visit his family out there. Teachers out here are off from Dec. 23 to Jan. 7, a nice long holiday, though much needed in his case. The visit home will be when I (poor sucker) am back at work, and he'll still be on holidays.
All the shopping is done (thank goodness, since it's the 22nd now, and the malls must be bursting at the seams with people), and the tree and lights are all up. I again got inordinately excited about my tree skirt, which, while awesome, probably doesn't merit that level of excitement. Oh well, I like this holiday, probably best of all the ones there are. Might as well have fun with it. Next year, I really do need to work on looking for my very own light up reindeer, just to push the awesomeness level of our outdoor decorations up a little more.
That's it for now. I hope everyone is having (or will have) a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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