How did you spend your lunch break today?

My company gives us food for Christmas.  We can get a turkey (in one of three sizes, one of which is kosher) or a ham or a lasagna (two sauce options and a veggie option).  I always want the turkey, but there is a problem.  We don’t have a lot of freezer space in the house.  If I get a turkey we pretty much have to cook it right away and that’s really tough to do around Christmas time.

Yesterday was Christmas gift day.  I left it outside last night because it was blistering cold and there was no way that birdy was going to thaw.  Today I spent my lunch break dealing with our freezer.  There was a ton of stuff in there and not a lot of room.  I wanted to see if I could clear enough space for the turkey.

Did I ever!

Can I get a hallelujah, people?  How did you spend your lunch break?  I bet you weren’t as ass kickingly productive as I.

I ran out of distilled water for the humidifier in my CPAP machine.  I’ve had it off for a couple of days.  It doesn’t effect my sleep, but when I wake up I feel all weirdly dried out and kinda dehydrated.  I end up drinking a ton of water to start my day.

I’m working from home today, and we’re going to see the Boston Pops tonight, so I got up early and went to the supermarket for a gallon jug, assuming it would be the only chance I got today.  It’s December so I knew it was cold out.  As soon as I opened the door though…

Holy crap, it’s cold out there!  The weather underground app said it was 10 degrees in Lawrence but felt like -5.  Hooooo… rayyyyy.

I hope it warms up a little because walking from the parking garage to Symphony Hall in 10 degree weather is going to suuuu… uuuck.

Still, the orange pile of fascist goo was impeached, so we’ve got that going for us.

I’m so tired. Patches is ready for bed too.

Let’s celebrate!  The fascist piece of dog shit has been impeached!

Of course it doesn’t matter because the Senate is made up of collaborators and the trial portion of the impeachment proceedings has already been rigged.

For now at least, it’s party time!

I don’t know what’s going on in my head this week, but my internal calendar is all screwed up.

Yesterday was Tuesday.  All day long it felt like it was Friday.

Today is Wednesday (duh).  All day long it has felt like Friday.  At least today it could be because season one episode seven of The Mandalorian came out (I watched it during my lunch break, even though I said I wasn’t going to do that again).  Episodes are supposed to come out on Friday, but this week there is a little Star Wars movie scheduled to come out on Friday so they bumped the show up so as not to conflict.  How would it conflict?  Were they afraid that rabid Star Wars fans would skip the movie so that they could stay home and watch a 35 minute TV show?  Not very likely.

Anyway, two days in a row that have felt like Friday, and it’s only Wednesday.  I am shaking in fear over how much the next two work days are going to suck.  Even if nothing bad happens they are going to feel like they suck just on principal.  It’s supposed to be the weekend but it’s only Thursday?  What’s up with that?

Oh my aching brain.

Two days until the premier of Rise of Skywalker (technically one because while the release is on Friday the first showings are on Thursday.  They do that to inflate the opening weekend numbers a little and they think everyone is too stupid to figure that out).  Three days until we actually get to see it.

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A little impulse buy on a snowy morning.

Turn the sound up.  It doesn’t start right away, so you have to wait for it.  Just like Red Leader it’s just a few seconds.

Tuesday December 17, 2019.  We’ve had, what… four snowy days this month?  How many days have we had with temperatures in the 20’s?  I’ve lost count.

The first day of Winter is Sunday December 22, 2019.  Five days from now.  We’ve had all this snow and all this freeze and it’s not even Winter yet.

Why is Winter so special that it gets to effectively start in the middle of Autumn and doesn’t end until well into Spring?  Why do we have to deal with five months of Winter weather?  There are four seasons, why do we have one season that takes up more than one quarter of the calendar?

Winter is such a prick.  If it weren’t for hockey it would be 100% useless and evil.  Who do you think you are, Winter?

Jen was on call last night.  I wanted to be a good hubby and stay up with her so she wouldn’t be stuck staying up alone.  We didn’t go to bed until a little after 1:00.  I ended up getting around four and a half hours of sleep.  Combine that with the awful winter commute to Foxborough this morning, and the drive from there to my desk in Waltham this afternoon, and knowing I still have to drive the rest of the way home……..

I am beat.  Lack of sleep is one thing.  Winter weather piling on… that’s just a dick move.  Is it Christmas yet?  I want this whole mess to be over with.  Gimme my damn Spring back.

It wasn’t even 9:00 AM yet and already we have the potential for a historic bad day.

I have a yankee swap today.  My gift is wrapped.  It is in a glass bottle and the glass bottle is in a small box and the box is wrapped in festive Christmas wrapping paper.

As I was walking through the kitchen, heading to the door to leave for work, I dropped it.  I didn’t hear anything break.  There are no signs that anything in the box is broken.  No crunchy sounds when I shake it.  No changes to the substance of the box.  No smells.  I’m 98% sure that all is well.  Unfortunately I can’t be 100% sure without opening the thing up and I don’t have time to put it all back together if I did, and I don’t have any way to replace it if there’s a problem.

Shit.

Did I mention it’s snowing?  Did I also mention that the yankee swap meeting is something like a 60-70 mile drive from my house?  It was snowing a little when I left the house.  Enough to see it, but not enough to effect anything.  Not even enough to need my windshield wipers.  About 15-20 miles down the road though it started snowing harder.  It was sticking and building up between the lanes on the highway.  There was a ton of sand on the road already so it started turning to mud and flinging onto everyone’s windows.  Definitely need the wipers now.  The last 15 miles or so was better.  It turned to rain.  The rain of course is freezing on the ground though.  Our parking lot is in the process of turning into a skating rink.

I made it through the ice and into the building.  I put my stuff down (including my potentially broken gift) and walked to the bathroom where I seem to have pulled a muscle in my right calf.  It hurts, but not so bad as to be a problem.  I’m limping a little, but not much.  It’s more like the spirit of the thing, you know?

Hey universe… kiss my ass, you jerk.

After baking 72 Toll House cookies I can honestly say the most amazing thing is that I didn’t eat any of the cookie dough. None. Amazing.