Another sign...

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...that Christmas is near is the constant firing of bangers done by some idiot youths. It has started two days ago and lasts well into the night and will only stop after New Year's Day. To put it another way: We made it back, and I am trying to have a late nap, accentuated by loud bangs from outside. Hubby did the drive to Graz, we picked son and his old PC up, I did the drive home with a stop at an inn, where we all had steak. It was a pleasant drive, the only traffic jams we got involved into was a five minute stop in the morning because of convey control at the tunnel building lot, and a second one, when we were almost home, when those who tried to avoid the jam left the motorway and blocked the streets in town. It had been snowing now and then but the streets were clear. After last night's enormous storm- at nine in the evening all hell broke loose, there was banging all around and for the first time I feared we'd end up without a roof- hubby had to pick up a lot of things that do not belong to our household. Almost all of the outdoor Christmas baubles went flying and will have to be re-attached, but tomorrow is another day, besides, it's dark already. I won't do much cleaning and definitely no baking today, though I have to do rum cookies tomorrow, as soon as I am fit enough after having to get up so early. Son promised to help...
My former student sent me a photo of their company's Christmas party, where the staff did pose for a Nativity. She asked me if I wanted to hire them, because they were really good, but I had to decline: We already have ox and donkey, a very pregnant Mary, a baffled Joseph, a few shepards and dumb sheep aplenty in the family. And we just were on our way to pick up the black sheep ...