I saw ND tonight. It was great. He was all smiles and happiness from his trip out East. I was very glad to see him.

Julia gave this very nice gray hoodie for Christmas. I am so far beyond touched by being able to work with her. I also met her adorable daughter. Today was a good day. Even if I was falling asleep in the booth.

memory foam is of the good.

Sure. I'll buy new shoes with you. minus the pesky foreign travel.

I have decided that this is the LAST year we attempt to mold our schedules around other people.

I have nice happy thoughts about PMM and her DH arranging the shcedule of their next Christmas around the whims of an adorable healthy baby.

Today was a good day.

Excellent.

minus the pesky foreign travel.

Time-space continuum standing in the way of shoes. Sigh.

Cereal, but I was waiting until it became the 26th in the board's time, to make sure everybody is covered, because according to the Buffista Calendar, it's a triple (!) Buffista birthday. Yup, not one, not two, but three very lovely ladies celebrate their birthday today: Jesse, Theodosia, and Rayne.

Happy brthday to each and every one of them, with lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

I saw ND tonight. It was great. He was all smiles and happiness from his trip out East. I was very glad to see him.

It's true. I am smiling, and relaxed, and I can feel it all through my body right now.

Great to see you tonight Sean.

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Posting from the parental computer. They have a dell, but a relatively recent one.

And it isn't 3am here! Posting to the west coast from the mountain time zone, so much less painful.

Christmas was very nice and there was much spoiling (in the traditional sense) all around. I got a pile of dvds including the Live Aid concert and a BNL behind the scenes/concert disc.

Well, it is supposed to be -33C here tomorrow and the 2-5cm forecast snow has already been exceeded tenfold, so no Boxing Day sales for us tomorrow. It will be a day for looking out at the elements and going "Man, I'm glad I'm not out in that." However, the cold weather warning is lifting for Monday, and it is supposed to be up around Freezing on Tuesday-Wednesday.

I'm going to take in some junior hockey this week (they have a great annual international tournament for under-17s) but that's about all I have planned.

Happy St. Stephen's Day All!

And a belated Happy Christmas, as my computer room was taken over for the Christmas period, and this is my first time online in days. I gots the shakes real bad.

Kristin, that's the best story ever.

Happy boxing day!

Happy Birthday to Jesse, Theodosia, and Rayne.

Happy St. Stephen's Day. Happy Boxing Day.

Gronk, very tired, but have been up for almost 3 hours. Have no idea why I woke up at three something, except that I was probably asleep by 8:30 last night. However, I was up 'til 1am on Christmas Eve/really Christmas morning, and had woken at 4am the day before. Basically, I'm just all messed up, sleep wise. Hopefully, there's a right-sized nap in my future that will help sort that out.

I had an enormous anxiety attack, yesterday. Usually I know my anxiety attacks and can ride them out (saying: "This is an anxiety attack, it will stop), but this time, I thought there was something really (physically) wrong. Gah. 'Twas awful, and was embarrassing, once I realized what it was. As near as I can work out, it was triggered by a combination of things. Some of it was hormonal. Some of it was that the scented candles I lit, did goobery things to my sinuses, which made me woozy. This happened while I was still uncertain if aunt & uncle, and parents-in-law were coming for breakfast or not, and I'd had a gajillion cups of coffee, trying to degronk for the morning. My poor husband, and mother were fabulous, and insisted I wasn't that bad, and that I shouldn't worry about it, and that it was all still lovely. I am very blessed by the people in my life. Must remember that, when I am allowing myself to get upset at them for trivialities.

Cindy, I hope you get a good nap today. Anxiety attacks are of the suck. I hate it when they come on because it feels like a freight train heading straight at you that you know is coming, but can't stop. I'm glad your DH and mum were so good about disarming it.

My sleep is definitely screwy. O has decided to start waking at odd hours again. I'm thinking it's either stuffy sinuses (we need to get more filters for the humidifier to run it) or another teething session (side teeth are harder to see coming in). I'm glad for the rocking recliner in his room. It at least lets me catch an hour or two nap with him in my arms. Last time it took two weeks to get him back on track.

I have decided that this is the LAST year we attempt to mold our schedules around other people. Next Christmas, the mofos are coming to us.

Plei, stick to those guns, baby. It will save your sanity.