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After Christmas (2019)
By: Jack Date: December 26, 2019, 5:44 am
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Maybe it's just me, but does anyone else feel 'blah' after
Christmas?
It's not that I feel bad or sad. It's just... especially this
year, when the schedule was so tight, we've had things happening
every weekend for the last four, an overnight trip with a lot of
holiday stuff, a big feast with most of the family, a good
evening having fun and hanging out with my employees, a fun
party with a lot of the kids and friends of theirs, a big party
with a lot of our families closest friends, a fun night spent
with my nieces, nephews, and grandkids, a very pleasant (and
fairly quiet) family night, then a huge feast with most of my
family, and finally an excuse to spoil most of my kids.
And now it's all over. Everything's quiet. There's nowhere to
run - no reason to rush.
Though quiet's a relative term. Johnny and Josh fly out to
Florida today to spend a few days with their grandmother and bio
father. Bryce flies out about the same time to visit his bio
family in Minnesota. Jason and his wife have to go back to
work, so I'll have the grandnephews here during the work week
every day for the rest of the holidays (Chris and Marcus are
both teacher's, so that's not a problem, and Bridgette doesn't
go back to work until next month, though I'm sure their boys
will be over here as much as they want to be). Steven and Troy
spent the night here again last night - they don't have to be
back at work immediately, so they haven't decided when they're
leaving yet, though I think either today or tomorrow, since bed
space is a bit tight. Jeremy is off visiting his mom and
grandparents and we're not expecting him home until Saturday.
Of course, I have old friends who are either out of town
visiting relatives or in town visiting relatives, and I do get
those visits, sometimes without much notice.
I don't have any huge plans for New Year's Eve. I'm just
planning to keep the grands. I know some of the older kids
already have plans. Craig and his group of friends are trying
to work something out, but it's pretty firmly decided that
they'll be here.
It seems that I'm forgetting something, but that's still pretty
much everything.
Oh - the tree is doing well and not shedding heavily. We leave
it up until 6 January as a nod to Epiphany (when the Three Wise
Men arrive to visit Baby Jesus), though we don't really
celebrate that in any major way.
The kids don't start back to school this year until 8 January,
but the 6th and 7th are work days, and I think Bridgette has to
start back at that point, so I'll basically have the entire crew
at that point (except Jay, because Popop don't do diapers
anymore).
It will surprise me if we don't have a few things to add to the
spanking report in the next few days, since mischief and pushing
the limits always seems to come with this after Christmas time -
probably spend too much time worrying about being nice
beforehand, and now just have to kick off the traces.
Oh - would you believe I already have the basics worked out for
next year's Christmas Serial?
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Re: After Christmas (2019)
By: Zyngaru Date: December 26, 2019, 7:13 am
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Yes, I do always feel just a little Blah! after Christmas. It's
the wind down. Nothing to look forward to now. I always feel
like the year is over and yet we still have another week. So
that week is in Blah Land.
The only thing I have to decide is WHEN I start pulling down the
decorations. It's never the same each year. It just depends on
when I get in the mood and the weather cooperates.
I do have to go to my sister's house tomorrow (Friday) and put
up her Christmas Present. I got her a Trellis so she can hang
bird feeders on it. She has never cared much for feeding birds
ion the past, but this year she has gotten the bug and is going
all out.
Next Spring we are going to tear out one of my bathrooms and
remodel it. My brother has hinted he might start during the
winter. He can't stand not doing anything.
I understand about the spanking report. Boys can only stay
super good for so long, before all that mischief comes bubbling
out. The question is, which boys will it be? Again it is that
week between Christmas and New Years that will get them.
Nothing set to do, so they make up things to do. It's that self
creativity that can lead to trouble. "Hey! We ain't got
nothing to do, so lets skateboard off the garage roof?" "How
long can we hold little brother underwater."
WOW! Already starting the mental side of next years story.
Great. Have you put it down in type yet, or still in your head?
Never hurts to get a jump on things. Who knows what 2020 is
going to be like.
Happy Post Christmas to you and all of your boys. Hopefully for
their sakes, not many of them get their bums warmed over the
last few days of 2019.
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Re: After Christmas (2019)
By: Jack Date: December 26, 2019, 8:19 am
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I started to answer Zyngaru's comment about the next Christmas
Serial here, but it ended up becoming a lot about writing and It
Happened One Christmas, so I decided to answer in the Afterwords
to that series instead.
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Re: After Christmas (2019)
By: Adric Date: December 26, 2019, 10:46 am
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=1658.msg16608#msg16608
date=1577366030]
"Hey! We ain't got nothing to do, so lets skateboard off the
garage roof?"[/quote]
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