silent Christmas
Dec. 25th, 2003 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trocheeThe GF went off to parts south to be with family; I was a lazy lump and bought tickets to visit the fam down south much too late, and so I'm flying down after Christmas.
As a result, I'm all alone for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Surprisingly, it's been quite pleasant. Christmas Eve was maudlin and a bit lonely, but sleeping late and spending quality time with the kitty (and, geek that I am, reading the statistics chapter in Manning and Schutze's Introduction to Statistical Natural Language Processing) have been good things. My neighborhood in Seattle is quieter on Christmas morning than it ever is at any other time in the year. Eerie. But I also have the odd desire that there should be such an "off day" more than once per year -- how about one per season, or at least one on the summer solstice as well?
I regret not being in Atlanta for Boxing Day -- a neighbor has the most amazing party as an annual ritual, where I could see everybody I miss from the Big Peach all at one go, if I were there.
As a result, I'm all alone for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Surprisingly, it's been quite pleasant. Christmas Eve was maudlin and a bit lonely, but sleeping late and spending quality time with the kitty (and, geek that I am, reading the statistics chapter in Manning and Schutze's Introduction to Statistical Natural Language Processing) have been good things. My neighborhood in Seattle is quieter on Christmas morning than it ever is at any other time in the year. Eerie. But I also have the odd desire that there should be such an "off day" more than once per year -- how about one per season, or at least one on the summer solstice as well?
I regret not being in Atlanta for Boxing Day -- a neighbor has the most amazing party as an annual ritual, where I could see everybody I miss from the Big Peach all at one go, if I were there.
