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Oops, Missed X-mash
J:
Gina's visiting her family in Florida and I forgot yesterday was Wednesday,
so I have posted the news late, sorry.
The
night before Gina left we took Stacy and Chrissy out to the Cheesecake
Factory for Stacy's birthday dinner. After that we all went with Booda
to the fire pit in the woods and had a little fire, drumming, happy conversation
and fire-popped pop corn (yum!) with many Greenbeltians. Some of them stayed
the night but we opted to go back home and sleep in the warm bed.
The
next day, Sunday, I took Gina to the airport for her flight to Florida.
Then some other stuff happened but I only have half a Ginohn brain now
that Gina's gone.
Oh
yeah, I remember some of it. The day after I waved goodbye to Gina, Gimmik
broke down in the middle of an intersection. I waited a couple hours for
a tow and finally got it to a mechanic and walked home. I find myself semi-seriously
thinking about getting a new car under these conditions. The mechanic replaced
the alternator.
Chris
Welsh came to visit; he might go on another one of his "gruel-a-thons"
(hiking for two or three days straight) with friend Bruce Beard, before
returning here for New Year's Eve. I picked up Chris on Tuesday night amid
unforeseen snow, and we drove directly to Doriamethyst's place for a little
X-eve party. They had the usual amazing food and drink there, as well as
some X-mash music and uncharacteristic (for Doriamethyst) disco music.
The
next day Chris, Booda, and I participated in the X-mash woods walk, where
along with 10 or so Greenbelters and five dogs we hiked through a very
wet snowy woods to the fire pit, which had transformed into a slushy water
pool. Needless to say we didn't have a fire, but we still had a good time
standing around the pool, eating crackers, cheese, wine, leftover ravioli,
rum, and chocolate for our "X-mash high tea". Then we continued the hike
and Chris, Booda and I split off to home while the rest of the group wandered
toward Izolda's house for pecan pie, I think.
After
returning home I fed the pets, changed my wet socks and Chris and I hopped
in the car and drove off to Leo's sister Kathy's house for X-mash dinner.
Leo had invited us to the family thing, and I was thinking of opting out,
not feeling in much of a X-mash party mood, but Chris managed to catch
me at the right moment and I said I'd take him there, so I was stuck. But
in the end I had a great time. I hadn't seen Leo's mom in a long
long while. she used to be called Margaret but now calls herself Megan,
but just her name has changed -- she still has a wonderful, bubbly, catching
personality. She and Leo kept us laughing and incited great conversation,
just as they always have. Kathy's dinner tasted great. Then we had pumpkin
pie; delish. Leo's mom surprised us with gifts; she gave me a lovely brass
incense bowl along with incense, even, and a horoscope book for Libras.
Almost
forgot: Eric Zuckerman sent this HMR for LOTR2. We haven't seen it yet.
Thanks Eric!
LORD
OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS :)
J.R.R.
wrote not
The
wacky chick-flick subplot --
Plus,
Gimli's no clown!
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