Having a Yule Celebration worked out splendidly this year! It was a time before the rush of Christmas. I celebrated it twice: oncce with Chi, who then took off to a sleep over at her friend's, and then kneutron after work as a lovely evening of present opening, Yule log cake, spiked eggnog, and a nice evening by ourselves.
Just before the actual performances I'd practised for, I came down with a "bug". The last practise of the choir I had been quite upset as I was the only alto to turn up to rehearse. I told Kim that that would mean, as it did last year, that the whole alto section would lean on me. Ken told me later on that the other three did turn up at the midnight mass to perform sans me. Ken delivered presents to friends at mass and I had delivered presents to our neighbors on the 23rd.
I stayed behind on the 25th while k and Chi got up very early and got in the car to drive to Oregon and Washington. I didn't mind it: I slept and played on the Gaia Event. I love being by myself and miss k only at night. K has relieved me of parenting Chi from time to time because to be at home with her alone is stressful. I am learning to accept that she has not learned the manners I brought her up teaching with. I may very busy while at home with her and she would not dream of offering to help me! The computer activities of hers come absolutely her first and only importance. I would be red in the face and know that I would hear from my father in harsh words if I did not offer to help my mother at home when I was her age. And when she is grounded and not allowed to use a computer it is positively hell. I cannot use a computer unless I want to have a fight with her or I must go about my housework while she wraps up in her blankets and sleeps!
Chi has access to this journal so I will say no more. To be in my home alone, that is very restful. No one is expecting me to cook, clean, keep a schedule, etc. I lived alone several years and know how to overcome the fear of a quiet place. Aha! I can finally listen to some of the CD's that belong to me. I can watch my Anime Rental CD's when I want to. I can spend unlimited time on the computer! biggrin It is just a pity that I can't chat with my friends who are busy with their own families right now.
K and I went to see "Pride and Prejudice" together. What staging! Every frame was a delight to behold. Even the barn yard animals running about. And then the scenery for the main characters and their trysts of sorts were spectacular (some obviously from New Zealand). I could mouth the words as the actors were saying them on the screen. We went for a walk afterwards. A walk is a luxury in this society especially if you have no money to spend in shops or to go to fitness centers. We hike on week ends when we can and that has required some outfitting. We cannot buy the whole new wardrobes we need for this new home where there is not an atom of similarity to "home". So everything has to change. I am the last to change.
This trip that k and Chi are taking should give Chi an anchor on the West Coast. They are visiting k's aunts and uncles, his parent's friends, his cousins and their children. She has so many relatives in this area! Chi was the one who had a "bug" when the trip to visit my Pacific coast relatives came about.
I failed to mention that I had to take care of all the last minute things for the trip and chauffer k to and fro from the hospital just before the 25th because he had his colonoscopy. I worked myself in to this "bug". redface
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