My father put up the Christmas tree ... this morning. Yah, home is rife with the spirit :) My father is doing well and is in good spirits. Next year, I'll deck the halls with garland and tinsel and litter the tree with presents. This year, I'll try to catch up in my Masters and finish on time. :)
We're off to visit my brother this evening for Christmas supper, the new de facto centre of the family. I'm not sure if my brother was expecting that, the festive seat of Schwartings Ontario. It's nice going up to a cottage, though. Next year will be different, though. There will be quite the coup. A wild, vegan Christmas dinner, und du wirst es mögen!
Boxing day should be spent in the wild woods howling like wolves, assuming the snow stays. (Wow, what a white wintry lawn we have!) And then back on the "bus", continuing my annual tradition of visiting Shamanda. It will be different this year, in part because there is even less I can eat there. :D
Blades of steel
And when I get back?
Yah, that's right. I totally own skates now, $12 courtesy of Bibles for Missions thrift store in Guelph. I'm amazed that I've never visited it before. It's right next to Eggcetera and the Lens Mill Store. I started pricing out new skates, and was dismayed to find them ranging from $80 up. Now that I've kind of learned how to move on ice, I don't want to forget it. Also, the outdoor rink at city hall, a block from my apartment, has just opened!
I think I might try to have a skating party for my birthday, with dinner at the Cornerstone :D.
The new year
Thanks to school, I haven't been in Flesherton as much as I'd like this winter, so I'm going to try to spend more of the start of January down here with my father. I have some psychological changes I'm going to be pursuing in the new year that are scary, and some habitual changes. I don't do resolutions, but not being too fond of 2011, I think a new number will help. Yee haw.
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