Quiet Family Christmas
We had a very quiet Christmas Day.
Lisa and I had exchanged gifts already, but Kuma Bear sat by our little tree with a present for me: new slippers. I very much appreciated that. The hotel slippers from 2014 had long since worn out, and the pair I got at the 2023 Worldcon is also starting to show its age. Kuma actually brought me two pairs. I've stored the other set as a spare.
I did not take a picture of our meal, as it's mostly the same as Thanksgiving: ham, stuffing, mushrooms, corn biscuits, and deviled eggs. (Lisa made the eggs for Thanksgiving dinner but forgot about them so we ate them later.) I very much enjoyed what I did eat, but I find that the Ozempic that I've started taking for my diabetes is acting as an appetite suppressant, so I could only have a little bit of everything. We'll have leftovers for many days, but that is not a problem, as we like all of this.
After dinner, we went out for a walk. We can only walk around the block, because Lisa still isn't sure about her knee that she sprained when I was in Seattle, and I find that I need to stay relatively close to a restroom most of the time these days. But after making multiple laps, we were able to each have a slice of the pumpkin pie Lisa made, including the whipped topping she made from the heavy cream we bought on our last grocery trip.
With all of the food and exercise, we were all pretty tired and went to bed early. Good food and peace and quiet makes for a nice Christmas for me.
Lisa and I had exchanged gifts already, but Kuma Bear sat by our little tree with a present for me: new slippers. I very much appreciated that. The hotel slippers from 2014 had long since worn out, and the pair I got at the 2023 Worldcon is also starting to show its age. Kuma actually brought me two pairs. I've stored the other set as a spare.
I did not take a picture of our meal, as it's mostly the same as Thanksgiving: ham, stuffing, mushrooms, corn biscuits, and deviled eggs. (Lisa made the eggs for Thanksgiving dinner but forgot about them so we ate them later.) I very much enjoyed what I did eat, but I find that the Ozempic that I've started taking for my diabetes is acting as an appetite suppressant, so I could only have a little bit of everything. We'll have leftovers for many days, but that is not a problem, as we like all of this.
After dinner, we went out for a walk. We can only walk around the block, because Lisa still isn't sure about her knee that she sprained when I was in Seattle, and I find that I need to stay relatively close to a restroom most of the time these days. But after making multiple laps, we were able to each have a slice of the pumpkin pie Lisa made, including the whipped topping she made from the heavy cream we bought on our last grocery trip.
With all of the food and exercise, we were all pretty tired and went to bed early. Good food and peace and quiet makes for a nice Christmas for me.