Thursday, December 07, 2006

Holidazed....

Well, for me the holidaze are beginning effectively Monday, Dec. 11. Dad and I will caravan up to the Hoosier land, effectively kicking off our respective seasons...

Throughout the week, we'll ready for the the chaos which is scheduled at Tina & Jeff's on Saturday, Dec. 16. On the 17th, I depart to Honolulu. Later in the week, Tina & Jeff will fly to Vegas... and that's all the plans that I'm aware of at this time...

After that, my mind is a blank... and it probably won't be lucid again until my feet hit the pavement at O'Hare on the 9th of 2007. Kathy has managed to have off the whole 3 weeks that I'm there; but, I have scheduled 3 "self-days" in the middle of it all, to give us both time to re-group... :)

While she and I generally get along... we are both extremely independent and are equally adept on getting each other's goat... We've talked about a lot of cinema... and very likely a whale-watching expedition... Oh yes, I'm sure she'll have chores for me... I'll probably fill in for her lawn and tree men... I wish it were the season for mango... I remember intimately the big ol' mango tree she has in her back yard... And if I knew how to make tuba (filipino coconut wine)... I'd do it... but, I guess I'll have to settle for the plain coconut milk...

I've contacted a couple of other friends who I'm hoping to make contact with... but, for the most part, I'll be Kathy's shadow... It's hard to believe that it's been 4 years since my last visit... I hope it's not that long before the next one...

So, I'll be commenting about the movies that we see and (hopefully) the whales, too!

Happy Holidays to those who are celebrating holidays...
Merry Christmas to those who (mistakenly) celebrate Christ's birth on the holiday which Romans had set aside for Zeus...
Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate that...
To everyone else... just enjoy your lives!