Merry Merry, Quite Contrary…
Merry X-mas !
Yup, quite contrary to what I imagined, I was actually feeling a little of the old ‘oliday spirit earlier.
Busy day. Woke up yesterday and started priming my bedroom. Then off to get a few last minute presents. Yes, the stores were insane busy. Then home depot to get more pipe for the cottage (forgot I have to run the heating lines too).
I got some really cool paint for my room. Actually Glaze and base coat. Ralph Lauren has these cool techniques for doing walls, you get the tools and the paints under that label. So I picked a kinda bright, but warm, greenish “chambray” pattern treatment. It looks like a pain to do, will take about 5 days to complete, but it should look great.
Then I dropped Sam of at his Mom’s so he can spend a could days with her and his sibs. Went to Pace, then picked Maggie up and went to eat, yes, usual place. Holy shit, Brian hooked me up, Soon-Ei just kept bringing plates of sushi and food out, the whole table was full of dishes. And I hadn;t gotten a chance to eat all day, so I gladly finished it all. Maggie surprises me, she tries everything, octopus, fluke, kimchi, whatever, she’s open to new things, which is cool. Most kids will only do california rolls!
Then we went downtown (or really uptown) to midnight mass at St. J the D
Wow, it was incredible. Really really beautiful. If I could wake up early, or stay up a few more hours, I’d go back for the morning service. The music was great, organ sounded as impressive as ever, and the chorus and soloists were impeccable. That place just amazes me. And it’s great for people watching. Maggie was surprised when I pointed out the woman sitting next to her for an hour was in fact a man, guess life is a little sheltered down in Irvington, eh? And also, I was surprised to see how many folks go there solo, I’d thought midnight mass was a family/SO kinda thing.
Then we went downtown, got a capp and piece of cake, and headed home. It was snowing pretty good down there and I guess the snow and the city I’ll always hold dear just got me in the christmas mood.
Odd but I had apprehensions about today. This is the first time in last 3 years I have had no kids around Christmas morning, no stockings to open in bed, no sounds of excitement and wrapping paper slowly encroaching upon every square inch of living room floor. But I feel strangely calm and at peace with everything. I guess this is how it is supposed to be, and I’m actually OK with it. I’m going to wake up sooner or later, once I go to sleep of course, and start prepping the windows in my room, putting trim and molding around them, filling holes form years of shades and curtain rods, and then sanding and priming them with Kilz.
Alan invited me over for desert at his house, said he didn’t want me to be alone all day. Nice offer, I guess I kinda have to stop by, it’s the right thing to do. Just for a short bit though, I really don’t feel like being around a bunch of people I don’t know, making small talk and the like. Plus I have so much to get done around here, really hae a schedule I have to stick to. And I have no clothes, what are the odds there’s a laundromat open today ? Prolly won’t be crowded if I find one.
Sent out my usual mass mail happy holiday e- and with that I’m all done. Presents are delivered, I’m all set to get back regular day to day routine stuff. But like I said, I did have a few hours of holly jolly feelings, so leave me alone about being a scrooge, K?
Ya know, now that I think about it, I’m fu**ing tired as all hell. Gonna go crash and tomorrow I’ll add some links for photos I took tonight to this post.
What, you wonder what to get me for christmas, kinda late, no ? OK, well if you can’t find me a sub curious about taking the plunge into a 24/7 lifestyle, then next best thing would be to look at my wish list on Amazon, you know, you just look it up by my email addy. And no, it wasn’t me added all that kinky shit. But I’ll peruse it….
Alright, again, have a very Merry one, you and yours.
Sorry for the dull content, just tired and really nothing that interesting to note today, just puttin’ one foot in front of the other…
K, l8r again-
-S
