Is it really Christmas again?
I can't believe how fast 2006 has gone. I used to complain how slowly time passed as a kid...and now I have the reverse problem. Time passes too quickly! This is why I want to live forever...the faster time seems to pass subjectively for me, the more precious time becomes, and the more I want.
My dad called me while I was at work to wish me a merry Christmas, which is good. He's quit smoking again, hopefully for good. He seems not to miss it as much, and I'm glad to hear it. He also seemed pretty lucid, which means he wasn't drunk, and it's always really great talking to Dad when he's clear-headed. I told him about possibly coming out to spend the summer in Indiana and he was all for it. Barring some unforeseen circumstance, I should move out of my current apartment on May 31 and drive to Indiana, hopefully stopping in St. Louis for a few days to see Clare. And then I will stay until about August 15, drive back, hopefully stopping again in St. Louis for a few days, and be back in time to find a new place and start the fall 2007 semester at CSUN.
I'm not expecting this Christmas to be much of anything, which is business as usual for me. I haven't had a meaningful Christmas in a very long time. I expect to go home from work, go to bed, wake up in the afternoon, and do my usual thing before going back to work tonight. Christmas will have come and gone and that will be that. I hope the people I gave presents to enjoy them (I know Clare did, which is good), because that's the only satisfaction I can take from this holiday...making others a little happy.
And now begins the home stretch, the final week before New Year's starts the process all over again.
My dad called me while I was at work to wish me a merry Christmas, which is good. He's quit smoking again, hopefully for good. He seems not to miss it as much, and I'm glad to hear it. He also seemed pretty lucid, which means he wasn't drunk, and it's always really great talking to Dad when he's clear-headed. I told him about possibly coming out to spend the summer in Indiana and he was all for it. Barring some unforeseen circumstance, I should move out of my current apartment on May 31 and drive to Indiana, hopefully stopping in St. Louis for a few days to see Clare. And then I will stay until about August 15, drive back, hopefully stopping again in St. Louis for a few days, and be back in time to find a new place and start the fall 2007 semester at CSUN.
I'm not expecting this Christmas to be much of anything, which is business as usual for me. I haven't had a meaningful Christmas in a very long time. I expect to go home from work, go to bed, wake up in the afternoon, and do my usual thing before going back to work tonight. Christmas will have come and gone and that will be that. I hope the people I gave presents to enjoy them (I know Clare did, which is good), because that's the only satisfaction I can take from this holiday...making others a little happy.
And now begins the home stretch, the final week before New Year's starts the process all over again.