I'm Back

Good morning, B.

At least, I hope it's getting better as you rest and take care of yourself today. Between the weather and the constant holiday frenzy, it's no surprise that our bodies shut down and rebel against us. I'm not sick, but my body keeps telling me I'm tired and I keep trying to ignore it. I'm convinced that, to combat a plunge into utter laziness, I must get up early each morning, especially since I have no reason to. Whatever. This morning, I listened to myself and didn't wake up until 9:30. Voila! I feel a little better! I'm sure that won't stave off an overwhelming desire to nap in the middle of the afternoon, but today JJ has a 3:00 Dr's appt so the snooze will have to wait.

Can I tell you how glad I am that Christmas is over? Not that it was horrible, by any means. I just kind of have that post-wedding blues thing. Like I mentioned in my email, our Christmas was wonderful...quiet, calm and relaxing. No pressure to be anywhere or go anywhere or have anything clean or ready.

Christmas Eve morning was so much fun with K&R. They picked us up at about 5:50, and, surprisingly, we were ready to go early. I told J: you have 15 years of waiting for me to be ready and being late for things, but R doesn't, and he's a little twitchy, so I'm really making an effort to be on time. We zipped through Starbucks in K's new car (about which she could care less - a car is a car - but the boys were all over it) and then headed up to Seattle in the dark. R narrated the features of the BMW to J along the way, they talked work, and K & I got all caught up on important stuff.

We wandered into the market and up to the top floor of Lowells as the sun started to rise over the sound. K&I treated ourselves to a champagne cocktail with a lemony twist to it and a cherry in the bottom - couldn't have been a more festive looking drink (and yummy too!) Dungeoness crab Eggs Benedict to follow - yes, I was going to have crab for dinner, too! After breakfast, and watching all the ferries come in from various remote ports, we walked through the market as it was opening up. Most of the vendors were still setting up, so it was a little like the opening scene of My Fair Lady, and I loved it! We bought our crab and clams from the fish throwing guys, stopped in at the bakery across the street for a couple of cinnamon rolls for JJ, then made our way home. We were home by 9:20 and JJ was just waking up - perfect!

The rest of that day we spent running little last minute errands we didn't really know we had until we did a gift inventory. Fun, anyway, just the three of us tooting around town. K&R and the boys showed up at 7:00 and we enjoyed way too many appetizers and cocktails before we even sat down to our seafood feast. OMG, I was so full by the time I finally stopped shoving crab and melted butter down my throat and called it quits. T&S and kids stopped by around 8:30 after a day at T's parents' house, so they ate dessert with us which was very fun. They all left around 11, at which time we were still waiting for C to get here from Oregon - she ended up not being able to get the day off and worked until seven! Crazy. She finally arrived just before midnight, when J sat down and did his traditional reading of The Night Before Christmas with the kids.

We've been laying pretty low since then - not doing much at all. On Sunday night, we went over to T&S' house for a "healthy" dinner - we were all so sick of eating junk so we made a huge Chef's salad and it rocked! Afterwards, S and I sat at the computer and drank a bottle of wine together while building a playlist for New Year's Eve on iTunes. J & T sat in the loungers, facing us like an audience, while we sang at the top of our lungs, getting drunk, and yelling "I LOVE this song!" at each other periodically. I have to say, the most fun I had all vacation...great night.

Today I'm not very motivated, but must become so since I have to take JJ to the doc and then create a salad for dinner tonight. We were invited to dinner down the street - never actually had dinner with these people before - they are friends through our wine club friends - but it should be fun. It was awfully nice to have been invited. I'm already feeling overwhelmed, though having been out last night too. Thank God there's tomorrow night and NOTHING PLANNED before New Years. I don't even want to think about that yet.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I've given you every possible detail of every moment of my life since I last wrote, so I'll sign off now. When is W due in? And what is Amateur Night? I hope you're feeling well enough for both Happy Hour and a sleepover with S - enjoy your day tomorrow either way. Oh, and how proud I am of you that you are going to the gym still, even when you're under the weather. You go, girl!
Love you!
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