Friday, December 23 2011

Today is Mama’s birthday so I got up earlier to catch her before she left for work to pull on the ears (a Russian thing) and watch her open her presents. We had a nice birthday tea with a raspberry torte from Trader Joe’s. Well, Papa had a homemade fruit type cake made just with egg whites for his medical diet. There are too many chocolate candies in the house!

I watched “Love Actually” tonight because it is the season and it is one of my comfort movies. I do adore it even thought the timing of the scenes (when each scene takes place) always make my brain hurt since they don’t make sense – I always have to tell my brain to just suspend the disbelief. I do love the movie, though, and the actors.

I still need to pack since I’m leaving for a week. First to Bear’s house for Christmas festivities and then we leave for Montauk from Monday to next Friday. I’m very much looking forward to my Christmas break. And I decided to just stay off the internet for a week. I won’t even check my email. I’ll bring my laptop with me – to write a little and keep my journal but I won’t post anything until next weekend.

I wanted to wish everyone very happy holidays – whatever you celebrate. I hope this holiday season will bring lots of joy.