Mood:
blueIt's Christmas Day--Christmas Night, now--at 6:15pm. This is the first Christmas that I haven't needed to travel; I woke up where I'm already supposed to be. I'm also feeling quite lonely.
Ken and Margie went away to a time-share in Arizona, and I'm with Elena's kids. I've been here since my birthday, December 21. (I'm 53.) Angela had gone to the movies, but she's here now, in her room, on her computer. Brandon went out to play, to skateboard, I think, and now he's with a friend in his room. Joanne is out with her father and his other kids at the movies, and Leila is probably working. Becky and Rachel were supposed to be here hours ago, to cook duck or goose and Cornish hen and yams, and, well, they aren't. They went to visit Rachel's father, but that was supposed to be done hours ago.
I got up around 10am and put on the Yule Log on TV in what was Elena's room. I washed dishes--I think I did three rounds of dishes throughout the afternoon. I also cooked Lidia's Macaroni and Cheese, from America Cooks. Brandon was on the computer earlier, plus playing Guitar Hero, but after he went out I took over his computer. I cleaned up in the kitchen and the living room--well, straightened up as I could.
Usually by this time I'm either being driven to my destination by Becky or Ken, or I'm already there--which has almost always been here for the last few years. Oh, yeah--I played WCBS-FM, then WLTW-FM, over this computer. Just now I turned on the TV news, with all kinds of Christmas-related stories. Also, The March of the Wooden Soldiers was on Channel 11 earlier. The Go To Sleep scene reminded me of how I used that song to help me grieve over Elena last year. Later on YouTube I found a Lego video set to Silent Night about a woman dying in the hospital, and her generous afterlife. I shared that on Facebook, as I plan to share this entry.
That's it for now. I wait for Christmas to take full swing.
Oh, I haven't given or received any presents yet--not even virtual ones, except one virtual gift I sent to Idilio Rivera a few weeks ago. We usually do our gifting in the middle of the evening anyway, after dinner.
