feeling festive
It is Friday and I am (in theory at least) on vacation for the next two weeks, and I've just had a lovely little drink, and toph took the kid with him to bring back more booze and Thai food. Later we are meeting up with my sisters to go see the new Tron movie, about which I do not give a shit, except that it is out of the house, just adults, at a theater that serves still more booze. Hurray for the holidays!
I am not quite as alcoholic as the preceding paragraph makes me sound. I've just been here in the house with Jasper for the past two days, and, charming as he is, he isn't really a substitute for adult company or pastimes, and sometimes he is really whiny and needy. Babies are such babies sometimes.
Also today, the electricity went out on our street, taking with it all the heating options for my house. It was 36 degrees this morning. I realize that this qualifies as a warm front for some people, but in Oregon that's at least chilly enough that you want the heat on. Also, my phone wasn't charged, so I was barely able to call toph and find out what was going on and when they estimated the power would be back on. Turns out it was right on our street, because two PGE trucks pulled up and sent some guys in cherrypickers up to look at the wires while the power flicked off and on like Christmas lights. We were without power for only a few hours, but I was already plotting an escape course, because 40 degrees with a 1 year old is no way to live. We would have evacuated to my cousin's house down the road, but it wasn't needed.
Once the power came back up, I realized that our server wasn't responding and I couldn't get to the internet, which was going to make my 1pm web conference sort of difficult to attend. So toph came home for lunch and fixed the magic web connector elves, and Jasper went to sleep right as my meeting was started and then stayed asleep for 2 full hours. A Christmas miracle! I was able to finish the call (which ran late) and take a shower before he woke up. Then we played and tidied up the living room and waited and waited for toph to finish his day (the day before vacation is always a bear -- I avoided it somehow today, but probably only because my power was out and no one could call me.)
And now we're at the part of the day where we drink. Because it is the holidays and I am finally beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas. Later this weekend maybe we'll do some caroling shopping and really start to prepare for the holiday. Mostly I want to sink into the feeling of being on vacation. It is the most wonderful time of the year, after all.
I am not quite as alcoholic as the preceding paragraph makes me sound. I've just been here in the house with Jasper for the past two days, and, charming as he is, he isn't really a substitute for adult company or pastimes, and sometimes he is really whiny and needy. Babies are such babies sometimes.
Also today, the electricity went out on our street, taking with it all the heating options for my house. It was 36 degrees this morning. I realize that this qualifies as a warm front for some people, but in Oregon that's at least chilly enough that you want the heat on. Also, my phone wasn't charged, so I was barely able to call toph and find out what was going on and when they estimated the power would be back on. Turns out it was right on our street, because two PGE trucks pulled up and sent some guys in cherrypickers up to look at the wires while the power flicked off and on like Christmas lights. We were without power for only a few hours, but I was already plotting an escape course, because 40 degrees with a 1 year old is no way to live. We would have evacuated to my cousin's house down the road, but it wasn't needed.
Once the power came back up, I realized that our server wasn't responding and I couldn't get to the internet, which was going to make my 1pm web conference sort of difficult to attend. So toph came home for lunch and fixed the magic web connector elves, and Jasper went to sleep right as my meeting was started and then stayed asleep for 2 full hours. A Christmas miracle! I was able to finish the call (which ran late) and take a shower before he woke up. Then we played and tidied up the living room and waited and waited for toph to finish his day (the day before vacation is always a bear -- I avoided it somehow today, but probably only because my power was out and no one could call me.)
And now we're at the part of the day where we drink. Because it is the holidays and I am finally beginning to feel a little bit like Christmas. Later this weekend maybe we'll do some caroling shopping and really start to prepare for the holiday. Mostly I want to sink into the feeling of being on vacation. It is the most wonderful time of the year, after all.