Dichroic Reflections

woman with a ravell'd sleave

I'm not entirely sure why, but I think I'm as excited about Christmas and New Year
this year as I have ever been. We're not doing anything special at all; in fact,
here's the list:

• sleep late every damn
  day
• not erg 10K every day (I'm vacillating between trying to
  hit 250000m by New Years, less than 5K/day average, or not touching it at
  all)
• Head up to Show Low and buy a live Christmas tree we can later
  plant on the property (we're buying it there because we need one adapted to that
  altitude, about 5000' higher than here)
• drink lots of wine. And
  some beer, and champagne on the holidays
• cook some good meals --
  deep-fried turkey for Christmas, chili for Christmas Eve, not sure what
  else
• paint one hallway and a wall of the family
  room
• read and read and read
• spend at least one whole
  day in bed. With Rudder, of course. And the box from href="http://www.blowfish.com">Blowfish that's under my tree this
  minute.
• And read some more
• finish rejuvenating an
  old necklace my mom asked me to fix about a year ago (Venetian glass beads,
  actually bought in Venice, circa 1967)
• Minor household
  chores
• Go out rowing, for fun, not training, in actual daylight. My
  boat is dusty.
• Hang out with the kitties, who clearly don't think
  we're spending enough time with them.
• Buy myself a library table
  (Rudder is not fully aware this will be happening this soon.)
• Plan
  our spring trip to Ireland (He doesn't have full details of this,
  either)
• Stay up late -- like, at least through prime
  time.
• Spend a few small gift cards I got for Chanukah -- books and
  beads

And really, that's about it. If we get bored we might
go camping at Death Valley for a couple of days. So I don't know why I'm so
thoroughly psyched. Since no one is staying with us, we won't even get as many
presents as usual. I think it may all come back to activity #1, way up at the
start of this page.