2010 is far too close.
OK. It officially snowed in Georgetown before it did here. WHAT?! Don't get me wrong, I love being able to go to service without worrying about frostbite or hypothermia. But there is something off about being able to work outside in a tshirt in December. Am I right? I have decided to accept this apology from Mother Nature (for how she treated us in June with all that nasty rain)... but do hope that we get a nice pretty snow at some point.
I had all sorts of plans for this weekend, each of which fell through one after the other. Which left me at my favorite backup plan.... being a hermit. I went to bed at 6:30 yesterday. 6:30 PM. I don't even know if that's healthy. But I did it.... today is dedicated to cleaning, house and garden maintenance, and Christmas gifts. (ugh... christmas gifts! This is the time of the year I sometimes wish I wasn't vaguely Christian.)
I was saddened to learn of the changes in the Trail of Lights... I was told it has been majorly downsized this year (the first year in many I'll actually get to go!!! what's that shit about?) For the unaware, I am in Texas from December 23rd to the 28th. It will be brief, but I want to cram in lots of fun things!!! don't disappoint me!
I have decided that until the New Year, I am not doing any more crossword puzzles. this is partly because these days they just make me sad by reminding me of other things, and also because I do not have time to spend hours on end playing with them. Instead, I shall spend hours on end sewing and crafting presents, and messing with chainsaws, and trying to keep this house from devolving into a pigsty. We killed a chainsaw for good this week.... somehow it got bad/unmixed gas, and now it is broken beyond repair. It's name was Baby, so one of the members and I are going to take a picture of it and make a "Baby's Last christmas" ornament for the house tree.....
I have to do evaluations starting next week. As in, I evaluate each of my members in a one-on-one meeting. I'm not really NERVOUS, but not exactly looking forward to it either. Some people.... I just don't even know how to approach it. But I suppose I'll figure that out somehow. I also have trouble being harsh, even though I know some peope need it. Oh well.
Another first place win at trivia this week. We're gaining in the tournament. Though we really shouldn't have missed that one week... it's killing us. BUT I'm actually going to be running the show for the next two weeks (big moment!)... it's sad I can't play, but at the same time, it's $80 a night, which is a sadly significant amount of money to me these days.
Next order of business is going to have to be planning for New Year's. Some people here are having a party, but at least one person I don't want to see is going to be there... and not going to that will eliminate hanging out with all the friends I have on cape. Which leaves Boston, though I'm not sure if people I know there will be around... or maybe Providence? Somehow, I feel like I've gone from having this huge list of friends that I can barely make time for, to not really having anyone at all that I don't work with. (thus, the hermit weekend). I'm really not looking forward to spending most of a week alone in the house after Christmas... oi.
Did I mention one of the members got to walk a donkey at service yesterday? It didn't like him very much, so they didn't actually walk very far....
This weekend = cheesy local Nutcracker, farewells to leaving friends, and playing in a Christmas Singalong concert....
I had all sorts of plans for this weekend, each of which fell through one after the other. Which left me at my favorite backup plan.... being a hermit. I went to bed at 6:30 yesterday. 6:30 PM. I don't even know if that's healthy. But I did it.... today is dedicated to cleaning, house and garden maintenance, and Christmas gifts. (ugh... christmas gifts! This is the time of the year I sometimes wish I wasn't vaguely Christian.)
I was saddened to learn of the changes in the Trail of Lights... I was told it has been majorly downsized this year (the first year in many I'll actually get to go!!! what's that shit about?) For the unaware, I am in Texas from December 23rd to the 28th. It will be brief, but I want to cram in lots of fun things!!! don't disappoint me!
I have decided that until the New Year, I am not doing any more crossword puzzles. this is partly because these days they just make me sad by reminding me of other things, and also because I do not have time to spend hours on end playing with them. Instead, I shall spend hours on end sewing and crafting presents, and messing with chainsaws, and trying to keep this house from devolving into a pigsty. We killed a chainsaw for good this week.... somehow it got bad/unmixed gas, and now it is broken beyond repair. It's name was Baby, so one of the members and I are going to take a picture of it and make a "Baby's Last christmas" ornament for the house tree.....
I have to do evaluations starting next week. As in, I evaluate each of my members in a one-on-one meeting. I'm not really NERVOUS, but not exactly looking forward to it either. Some people.... I just don't even know how to approach it. But I suppose I'll figure that out somehow. I also have trouble being harsh, even though I know some peope need it. Oh well.
Another first place win at trivia this week. We're gaining in the tournament. Though we really shouldn't have missed that one week... it's killing us. BUT I'm actually going to be running the show for the next two weeks (big moment!)... it's sad I can't play, but at the same time, it's $80 a night, which is a sadly significant amount of money to me these days.
Next order of business is going to have to be planning for New Year's. Some people here are having a party, but at least one person I don't want to see is going to be there... and not going to that will eliminate hanging out with all the friends I have on cape. Which leaves Boston, though I'm not sure if people I know there will be around... or maybe Providence? Somehow, I feel like I've gone from having this huge list of friends that I can barely make time for, to not really having anyone at all that I don't work with. (thus, the hermit weekend). I'm really not looking forward to spending most of a week alone in the house after Christmas... oi.
Did I mention one of the members got to walk a donkey at service yesterday? It didn't like him very much, so they didn't actually walk very far....
This weekend = cheesy local Nutcracker, farewells to leaving friends, and playing in a Christmas Singalong concert....