Christmas and Such

Originally posted January 2/2008 on "Allison Wonderland"


Christmas is over. We had a good one; I missed my family, as I do every year, but it's good to have some family (B&B) and friends-who-are-practically-family around. We saw the friends on Christmas Eve, the family on Christmas day.

Simon didn't get to sleep until almost 12:40 on Christmas Eve; AJ figures Santa had to loop back around to our place because SOMEONE wasn't asleep. As if the poor man doesn't have enough to do! We slept in on Christmas morning- I expect that this was the last time that'll happen for many years. Simon's first stocking present was a Wiggles video, which he wanted to watch right away; we managed to convince him to open some more presents first. He got the hang of it quickly, and by the end of the day he was looking at B&B's tree, asking, "A moooore? A more get?" At last, the child appreciates the true meaning of Christmas! I think the lights on the houses were still his favourite thing this year, though.

But yeah, it's over. I took the tree down yesterday; everything else was already packed away. I managed to get all of the Christmas stuff into two plastic bins; well, all except the big container of gold balls. That, and the big case of blue balls, but that's another issue entirely.

The cats aren't too happy about the tree coming down. It was Gus' favourite sleeping spot for a while, but he hasn't been able to get under there since the presents appeared. Still, they both enjoyed chewing on the branches... of the ARTIFICIAL TREE. Dummies. Simon watched me take the decorations off, and he seems ok with the whole thing; AJ is much sadder now that Christmas is over. He still has another one to look forward to, though, when his parents come to visit later this month.

Speaking of this month, we haven't heard from the property management company yet about who they are or where to send the rent money. I thought today, for sure... heck, if they don't want it, that's fine by me. It would be nice to know who we're dealing with (or not), though.