Christmas*
So Christmas was good. We had a great time doing the loop from ithaca to baltimore to nj to plattsburgh to saranac lake back home. about 20 hours in the car, but compared to those poor people in Denver airport...
My one lament is that I saw ZERO friends (outside of family, of course) and this makes me sad. I only got to see one cousin (cousins count as friends) and the holidays used to be all about goofing around with cousins, causing trouble. Also, due to the lack of parentage in my home town, I didn't even see high school friends. That was always going to be the reconnecting point, ya know? Oneonta for the holidays... Sadly, that ended in 2001, and I rarely make it back there anymore. There's something to be said about having a HOMETOWN. I like Westminster (MD) and all, especially the bit about being close to my sisters and Baltimore & DC, but its not home to me.
Now its back to work. Elliott and boyfriend are visiting this weekend, which is exciting, but I'm also speaking on Sunday and MUST FINISH SERMON TODAY as to not have a buttload of stuff to do while they're here. Meanwhile, half of my throat is sore. Is this possible, people?
*disclaimer: horrible grammar, sentence structure and the like in the following paragraphs. A return to semi-decent writing is scheduled for next week sometime.
My one lament is that I saw ZERO friends (outside of family, of course) and this makes me sad. I only got to see one cousin (cousins count as friends) and the holidays used to be all about goofing around with cousins, causing trouble. Also, due to the lack of parentage in my home town, I didn't even see high school friends. That was always going to be the reconnecting point, ya know? Oneonta for the holidays... Sadly, that ended in 2001, and I rarely make it back there anymore. There's something to be said about having a HOMETOWN. I like Westminster (MD) and all, especially the bit about being close to my sisters and Baltimore & DC, but its not home to me.
Now its back to work. Elliott and boyfriend are visiting this weekend, which is exciting, but I'm also speaking on Sunday and MUST FINISH SERMON TODAY as to not have a buttload of stuff to do while they're here. Meanwhile, half of my throat is sore. Is this possible, people?
*disclaimer: horrible grammar, sentence structure and the like in the following paragraphs. A return to semi-decent writing is scheduled for next week sometime.