Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

... to chatworthy and tagryn!!!! Have a great one!!

Strange morning

I've been up since about 5am. A little after 6 I took the Younger Daughter to the airport for her flight to SoCal to spend a week with her boyfriend and his family. I guess I fussed over her a little more than was strictly necessary.

I guess I'm not quite ready for this. *wry grin* I think I'm more comfortable with the long-distance boyfriend than I am with the idea of her being what she describes as "an aspiring model". She'll be 18 in three months.

Meanwhile, I managed to run the Samsung headset through the wash. Which saves me the trouble of looking for a replacement ear-loop; it broke a couple of days ago. Fortunately, I didn't like the UI much; I probably won't miss it much. Still grumpy-making, though.

And I apparently spoke too soon about the doxazocin working. Some, perhaps, but not fixing the main problem yet. Grump, indeed.

... and there's still a lot to do before year's end.

Done yesterday (20091225 Fr Xmas)

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It was a pretty good Christmas day. Morning, especially, was delightful -- I woke up in a good mood, had bagels and lox for breakfast and had a blast watching the kids squee over their presents. I didn't even mind being woken up before 7am to go get the bagels and lox.

Afternoon was mostly spent making the borscht, that and the remains of the ham made up lunch and dinner. There were only a handful of people over besides the five currently in the house; even so, I spent a fair amount of time in the office.

Colleen gave a Creole cookbook to Chaos and Selkit; now she wants one for us. I should probably get a copy of There's a Wocket in My Pocket.

I made a couple of River posts -- I'm pleased about that. I'm also pleased about being pretty sensitive to my moods throughout the day. No walkies, though, and no progress on the FSA forms. I'm rather annoyed at myself for those. Still, a pretty good day.