Boxing Day wrapup

[da]

Can we switch Christmas to July, or perhaps abolish it altogether?

I much prefer giving gifts on the occasion of finding something someone would like, and giving it then. All throughout the year. Having a gift mean you were actually thinking of them, not the date.

Rather than this Mutual Assured Distributation, this "sir, we detect incoming presents." "Arm the credit-cards! Head for the malls!"

Today d. and I walked uptown with roverthedog to see what was open on Boxing Day. Answer: only Starbucks. No Boxing Day sales for us; which is really OK for me.

Lunch today was the yummy crab-cakes d. made for dinner on Christmas Eve; dinner was a stir-fry based on the duck he made for Christmas dinner. Oh, and breakfast was the blueberry muffins he made on Friday. Damn, but I'm a lucky guy...

Today was a gym day for me, and I expect tomorrow morning will be, also. I enjoy the exercise, and I like the idea of seeing what happens after a few months of gym. Maybe, by spring, I'll weigh less instead of 5 pounds more?

In January, I'm going to start taking advantage of a University perk and try 6 weeks of a (semi-)personal trainer; in the Lab/Gym just down the hall from my office in Health Sciences.

Tomorrow, we're off for a few days in an Inn down in Cambridge; we'll be away until Thursday evening. On Saturday, we have lee_ellen as a house-guest through Monday morning. Yay!

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[psychedelicbike.livejournal.com]

Christmas in July? Hell yes. K & I have announced to our families that that is precisely what we will be doing. We will have a tree. We will bake cookies. We will set the A/C to 18 degrees so you can wear your holidays sweaters. We will buy gifts for people. We will throw parties and serve egg nog.

If you don't approve of Christmas in July, you are more than welcome to keep the gift we give you until Dec 25 before opening it. You are not obliged to give us anything in July. We will still visit in December, but we will not be shopping then. Cheers!