“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 649 (Saturday – Christmas Day)

The ice rain came and encrusted the local environment. The ground featured crusted snow and the trees were glazed with a glistening coat. It was pretty on the trees and less inviting on the car which remained in the driveway all day, encased in ice. 

It was nice that there was no need to drive anywhere, as the phone showed "Ice for 120 minutes" most of the day. Of course, on the phone it shows it as diamonds. If there is anything that would get me to stay outside in precipitation it would be actual diamonds falling from the sky, but that is just the stuff and nonsense of fantasies and false promises from the phone people developing weather info programs. 

It was another mostly low-key day. There was food, of course. There were in person conversations and a couple calls from afar. 

One of the funniest stories of this season involved a couple gifts from Amazon sent by a relative to Mom but with the wrong house number. The lady down the street at the house number on the label came to deliver a box the week before Christmas but wasn’t pleased about it. As Mom told me the story over the phone a day or so later, there was a knock at the door. We laughed and said we hoped it wasn’t the cranky lady down the street before hanging up. Mom opened the door and it was indeed the lady from down the street, holding a second box which was comically huge and unwieldy. She was even crankier the second time and snarled that Mom should correct her shipping address. It wasn’t Mom’s mistake, though. Neighbor lady wasn't interested in details, but least she brought the boxes over.  

The traditional holiday overeating of baked goods and sweet treats continued. There will be a price to pay. Very soon. Just need to finish all the treats off first. So much cake and cookies and candy. 

The usual holiday movies ran in the living room including the annual viewing of A Christmas Story and a bit of It’s a Wonderful Life before the channel landed on the Harry Potter movies for most of the afternoon. There were Scrabble games underway, so the TV was more of a background thing for team kitchen, but team living room seemed to be watching.

The Most Handsome and
Exalted Overlord.

Winston, the Most Handsome and Exalted Overlord, sported his green sweater and looked as dapper as ever. He specializes in napping these days, but is not shy about demanding a cuddle or a head rub when he’s ready for one. He seems more like a cat than ever in that regard.  

And just like that, Christmas is all over. Next up is the sorely needed plan to shed the holiday weight gain. It magically appears, but never magically disappears. So weird how that works.