2017 Life Logs, Day 349: Making a List and Checking It Twice
Date: Friday, December 15, 2017
Weather: Sunny and Cold; High 29, Low 23 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
Today I took some time to assess where I am in terms of Christmas gifts. I think this is called “Making a List and Checking It Twice.” I had lots of questions I needed to answer. Have I ordered or bought everything for the Goldstones and the Handley-Hunts in Puerto Rico? Exactly what is the status of the packages that have been sent to Puerto Rico, either through the US Postal Service or Amazon? What gifts will I be taking with me to Nashville? In the midst of answering these questions, I got three different deliveries of Christmas gifts for the Goldpebbles from the USPS and FedX and that launched a frenzy of wrapping. It seems everything I have for Ollie, Jonah, and Sam is BIG, so the packages don’t fit under my little tree. They are now sprawling all over one corner of the living room! I didn’t finish my Christmas assessment, but I am getting close. I had hoped to get holiday cards in the mail today, but that will have to be a job for tomorrow and Sunday. Hopefully by the end of the day on Sunday, I will have Christmas giving under control.
I talked with Justin this morning and then I had a great conversation with good friends Ed and Lynne Kirwin. They are in St. Mary’s, Georgia, getting Constance ready to launch and then sail to Fort Lauderdale. They have had some chilly weather, but today things were starting to warm up a bit. They found out this morning that they will go in the water on Tuesday, and hopefully everything will be fine and they can head out for the trip south. At this point, the weather next week looks good until Christmas Eve. So hopefully they will be in Fort Lauderdale before then. I am just so happy for them that they are getting to spend time on Constance.
It was another day in the deep freeze here, so yesterday’s blanket of snow is still on the ground. And while I was in the gym for a late afternoon class, more snow started to fall. I don’t think we area slated to get much between now and midnight, and then the snowfall should end. It will be Monday before temps are back in the 40’s, so the snow that we have will probably be with us until then.
I learned a new Yiddish word today, mishegas, which means insanity or craziness. A meshugener is a crazy man. So, if anyone asks me to sum up 2017, my response will be be “mishegas”. And I think you can guess who I name Meshugener of the Year.
