There's always a thud at the end of a vacation. Thud, reality. The copious amounts of comfort food, family, friends, down time, sleeping in, phone calls with friends in snowy places, curling up with a book or journal, football, basketball and movies must draw to a close. I must mint the fresh, warm, hilarious memories to keep me cozy through the mad dash to Christmas.
And the Xmas '08 mix to keep me cheery. I finally set my American account up on itunes. Apple can be real punks with their hyper international regulation. This ole computer has kept me company in Canada, Japan and the US, and the only people who care other than me are the uptight Apple legal gurus. But, I put all my favorite Christmas tunes (BNL's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", U2's "Christmas (Baby, please come home)", Adam Sandler's "Chanukuh Song") plus some really good ones (DMB's "Christmas Song", Dean Martin's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", etc.). And, I found Sinead O'Connor's version of "Silent Night". So, I'm a little excited about it. My siblings had some say in the selection and line up. My brother asked me, "You know what I really like about it?" "What?" He replies, "It's really short. That's a good thing when it comes to Christmas music."
I have lessons to plan, books to read, walks to walk, calls to dial, mixes to burn. The thud hasn't hit quite yet. I cannot believe we're at the threshold of December. Yowsers.
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