I love blizzards. Especially when they’re so bad that even my company declares an emergency and sends an email out informing us that the office will be closed today. It’s a rare gift and one that I’m taking full advantage of, as I’m still in my pajamas and have been glued to the Weather Channel since 10am. I can’t seem to turn if off even though the coverage remains the same. It sucks out there. It’s blowing sideways. Best to stay indoors.
Christmas was much better this year than I had anticipated it would be. Truth be told, I haven’t been a big fan of the holiday for a few years now. I tend to get a little sad and pensive around December 22nd and then it usually lingers until the new year. I think part of that also has to do with the fact that we don’t celebrate it with other members of our family (my father’s side is Jewish; my mother’s side lives in Germany), so Christmas tends to feel like any other day of the year that the four of us (and our beloved beagle) get together.
But I really enjoyed the family time this year. We drank champagne and listened to the wind on the porch, we played Scrabble, I got an iPod touch by default, and we went to see Black Swan, which was excellent but not something I’d necessarily recommend seeing with your parents. My favorite part of the evening was when my partially deaf father turned to my mother during one of the sex scenes and asked how old Natalie Portman’s character was supposed to be. Sadly, he has no control of the volume of his voice, so hilarity and embarrassment ensued.
What did you all do for the holiday? Are you enjoying a day off from work today? Doing anything productive?
I’m going out to brave the streets of Hoboken in just a few, but thankfully my new winter boots arrived and I’m excited to try them out. I predict I’ll bust my ass at least four times. Wish me luck!
Yay thank you for giving me something to read on this epic snow day. I just walked two blocks to the supermarket and it was enough of a journey to make me want to stay in the rest of the day. I also saw Black Swan a few weeks ago and it is NOT something you want to watch with well, anyone really!!
Ahh..think we can get the hire-ups to give us tomorrow off too?
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hi sweetie, glad you enjoyed the time with your family. btw, how did you get an ipod touch by default?? lucky you! we didn’t do anything much…ended up staying local as nicholas got sick. let’s talk soon – i miss you! sorry i haven’t been commenting on your blog recently…but i have read every entry. you are such a talented writer and i always look forward to your posts. love and miss you and hope to talk and see you soon. happy new year!!! xoxo
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I had to work today, the 6am journey to the Subway was hell being knee deep in snow with no shoveled pathways until I got close to Queens BLVD. Oh well, the emptiness of the office was worth coming to today.
No closings here’s in Nebraska, we’ve actually yet to get a big snow yet. Rather odd for our neck of the woods this time of year. But I’m sure we’ll get ours soon. I love snow days too, jammies and movies with hot chocolate are the best! š How did the new boots fair?
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I have the day off, but only because I have strep throat š
I also glue myself to the weather channel when there are storms coming – I need to know everything that’s happening! I get obsessed with the weather.
Glad you had a good holiday!
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Good for you on the unexpected day off! Now, seeing Black Swan with parents? That does sound…fun. or not.
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I’m glad things were better for you.
Me? My “break” started a week early with the sickies and dog. At this point, I can’t wait for the kids to go back to preschool!
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Yay for the unexpected day off but boo for the blizzard. It is insane how much snow the East Coast received. The hubs is from VA Beach and he is just in awe that they have more snow than we do. It rarely snows there but it seems like when it does it is a doozy! I am jealous that you got an ipod touch even if it was by default. My 10 year old cousin got one and I wanted to snatch it from her!
Be safe out there in your winter wonderland!
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Our “bad” snow only lasted one day, so everything was on a regular schedule for us this week.
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Oh, I’ve been waiting to hear about Black Swan. I really want to see it but don’t think I can get to it with the baby right now. DVD I guess.
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I’m glad you had a good day – and the snow sounds spectacular š
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I spent the week in FL with my family. My parents don’t like to do much other than eat and chat, so there was a whole lot of that, followed by more cooking and eating.
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Oh, your Black Swan + Dad story is so funny and sweet, even though it all happened during a ballerina-on-ballerina sex scene. I thought the movie was excellent — lots of unexpected twists and turns. We get to stay home here if there’s freezing rain. But there wasn’t any at all. xxoo
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