The 4 Day Xmas Spread

by Duf Anything and Everything

With Christmas falling on a Monday this year it gave a less than optimal (for me) scenario where you wind up going back to work the day after the holiday. I normally appreciate having the day after Christmas off so I can spend time getting the house put back in order. Instead this year I had Friday off as well, since Christmas Eve is an official holiday for us.

The four days passed by quickly as they were busy with last minute Christmas to do’s. This year it felt like I was doing more scrambling than normal to get everything buttoned down. Usually I strive to get my Christmas related buying and prepping done around a week in advance. That was not the case this year.

I did get a chance to go out and ride on Christmas Eve, the first time I did so in a number of weeks. It felt good to roll around in the 75 degree weather on my Sherman S. I recorded the ride, posting my first YouTube video in a number of weeks as well.

I had an unwelcomed Christmas “present” this year, the dishwasher stopped working. For a few weeks occasionally the unit would throw an error that I could clear with a power cycle but now it appears to be a permanent problem. The error code it is throwing indicates a water drain issue. I am going to have to pull the unit out to see if there is some sort of obvious problem with the drain but if not a new dishwasher might be a belated Christmas gift for the household this year. Washing all dishes by hand is going to get tiresome very, very quickly for me.

Overall I had a very full and enjoyable Christmas day. I got to catch up with my family via phone where I thanked them for the gifts that were sent. Yea we still buy each other gifts even after vowing to only buy for the kids a number of years ago. Old habits are hard to break I suppose. I also caught a good portion of the Eagles game versus the Giants which wound up being way closer than it should have been.

This last week of the year is looking to be a sprint to the finish. I will be thankful when a more normalized day to day returns.