it's snowing!!

I went and saw The Fellowship of the Ring this afternoon and enjoyed it greatly. I then went grocery shopping with my kind co-worker who has a car. Now I have a 12 pound turkey to go with my dressing and gravy. Which reminds me, I should probably clean the oven tomorrow.....lots to do, including making another batch of fudge. I'm so Martin Stewart.

I finally talked to MelRo today who made it safely to New York and Philly and such. I actually think I did an excellent job of not worrying too much even when she didn't get a chance to call yesterday. Even following my father's philosophy of no news is good news. It's been taken a bit far in our family, seeing months will pass without contact, but it's still a good sentiment to remember in times of worrywort anxiety.

Speaking of my father, he called me this afternoon and left a voicemail. He was crying. Trying to hide it, but I could tell. He was calling from Utah on their cell phone. So I'm not sure what to do -- try and call the cell phone? They never leave it on and don't have voicemail. Maybe I'll call and leave a message at their home...and an e-mail or something. I didn't erase the message, yet I fear hearing it again.

I will now hunt for some food, do some research on turkey preparation, and enjoy time around the house doing nothing. Tomorrow, there will perhaps be inches of snow on the ground when I go to brunch at Nookie's....

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As Myles would say:

Best.

you were right, you were right, you were right, you were right

Dear Diary,
Today I learned an important lesson. Make sure you keep the xmas tree watered well. Don't ever let the base get dry. And then forget about it for several days.

Right now I'm sitting in a mostly quiet living room (mellow music that's not blasting), and every few minutes I hear a light trickle of a dozen pine needles falling off the branches and skittering onto the plastic tree skirt.

I fear the tree won't make it to Tuesday. Or at least not until MelRo returns from the East Coast. I might have to pitch it later this week. Maybe I'll replace it with my 3 foot fake tree and arrange the present delicately around the base. And just hang the lights around the room instead.

In other news, I opened a second beer. And started side two of the mixtape. My goal is to also decorate the covers tonight. And I'm still going to try and get the oven cleaned. Oh, and it's also still snowing.

I'm also IMing on the side with glitterdyke which is quite pleasant. I used to be horribly addicted to ICQ, so I'm sometimes reluctant to get onto AIM. But I think doing a marathon weekend once every other month is good. Sorta like making all your long distance catch-up phone calls once a month. For those who don't know, my IM name is "RaymondBoywonder", but as the_passives astutely pointed out, it might sit in your offline folder for awhile before I show up. But I promise to try and show you a good time.