As I write this, millions of shoppers are swarming the stores and malls of this great land in hopes of finding great deals on gift-giving stuff. So, Nerd Girl, you may be asking, are you taking part in it? Nope. You could not get me out shopping today if I were well-armed, tired of living, and directly behind Frank Buck. Instead, I'm keeping myself home today, and I'm using the time to enjoy the peace and quiet. Oh, and to catch up on a lot of things. This morning, I've been experiencing the exquisite agony of balancing my checkbook and scheduling my payments for the things that come due the first of each month. I get to see how good my skills are at subtraction. By this point in the day, I'm pretty good at it.
There are non-numerical projects I'm trying to finish. I'm tantalizingly close to finishing a pair of projects I promised someone far too long ago; there's only two or three more elements I have to do, but you can bet those will be the last little bits that will fight me. (Oooh, I hope not.) Once that's squared away, there are more little delights upstairs awaiting my attention. I'm hoping I can clear the decks a little today.
Thanksgiving yesterday ended up being bigger than expected. I had expected the usual nuclear-family deal, but once we were there it ended up being this side of a family reunion, with aunts and uncles and grandparents, and it ended up being a lot of fun. Some of the relatives were people I hadn't seen in a long time, so any awkwardness was numbed out by the fact that we were happy to see each other again. One of the relatives there was the uncle of mine who is a pilot, so hubby and I had a good time talking airplanes with him. Everything went well, and I was sort of sad when the time came to come back home. I don't get to see my family as much as I once did, and I'd forgotten how much comfort there can be in having family around like that. When you grow up with it, it's easy to take for granted to the point of annoyance, but once you're far away, you miss it.
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