The buildup was long but the actual day went by so fast, it hardly seems possible that Christmas is over.
This has been a stressful month, starting with an intense 2 1/2 day testing/evaluation session around work, a week-long out-of-town business trip, snow storms, and several holiday parties.
This is not to mention fitting in shopping, card writing, getting the truck serviced and the usual running around.
The one get-together I look forward to is the annual gifting among three close friends with whom conversation is easy and laughter abundant. I am now the fortunate owner of a quite pretty garden sculpture, a heat/massage mat, a gift certificate to the new pub/movie theater and an “Out of Office Countdown” calendar as a result.
With all the food that’s surrounded me for the last several days, I just realized that I don’t have a single cookie or piece of pie in the house – I gave it all away, along with multiple boxes of candy.
Oh, well.