Holiday Musings
Christmas Eve. Downtime in the office. I haven’t had a whole lot to say since the folks’ anniversary. What’s rattling through my mind:
Going to try in 2009 for a newer, better paying gig. Tired of expenses stripping income. Yeah, I know I should trim some expenses, but save cable TV, there isn’t a lot to cut. And I ain’t giving up my HBO when I’m home.
We are looking to refinance that damned mortgage.
Still haven’t heard back from the graduate school to which I applied.
Just finished cleaning off my desk. There was stuff on it that dates back to July when I first started here. I tend to be a pack rat.
The Spouse will visit me here in the DMV for New Year’s. I’d like us to go to a Washington Capitals game scheduled for New Year’s Day. (OK, yeah, that’s an expense, too but one I’ll gladly eat.) We used to do hockey games together in Philly (Go Flyers!) when we were dating. We saw our first hockey game in February 1982 — Flyers vs. the L.A. Kings at the soon to be razed Spectrum in South Philly. Game had everything — shooting, scoring, hitting and a second-period brawl that left blood on the ice. Then in 1987, almost five years to the month later, we flew from our new home in Colorado to L.A. to see the same two teams — Flyers and Kings — this time at The Forum in Inglewood, CA. Not quite as violent, but entertaining nonetheless. Flyers won both those games, BTW.
I say all this to say, my sisters, guys want their women to be their recreational companions. If he asks you to attend a live sporting event with him, by all means, go. He’ll love you for that. I think that’s been a big thing that’s been missing in our marriage in recent years. I hope hockey fans our flames once again.
That’s it for now. Pro wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Peace.
