Boxing Day update
Blogging has been light the past few weeks; I’ve been busy at work and busy at home. So, a post is in order, and hopefully in updating the blog, I will help collect myself.
We’re in State College, at the Wise family homestead. Terri is currently sitting at a little light-table-type slide sorter thing, going through slides that her parents (mostly her father) took throughout the 70’s and 80’s. Her mom just called her upstairs to see the snow. Apparently it’s snowing. It’s apparently snowing more seriously back in Boston, and we’re missing it.
First thing yesterday morning, I called April in France, knowing that once the Christmas festivities started full-steam, I would not get a chance to call her at a decent hour, European time. So I talked to her for a bit, and it was nice, even though it sounded like she was talking into a tin can from a cave. Very glad to hear she actually got the package I sent. By the time I was off the phone, everyone else here at the Wise household was waiting for me to begin the traditional present-opening. Between us, Terri’s parents, and sister and brother-in-law, it took about 4 hours, but all was festive. I called my parents afterwards and sent Christmas greetings to all at the farm. In the afternoon, we went over to Terri’s aunt and uncle’s house in Lewistown, PA.
I wasn’t too tired when we got back, so I tinkered with one of my presents (an Oregon Scientific clock/weather station) and read a bit of another present (Mohawk by Richard Russo).
Today was pretty low-key. Went downtown and did some very very light shopping (some Christmas cards for next year at the Nittany Quill) and had a coffee at Irving’s Bagels (which has free wi-fi, though I did not bring the laptop). Kim and Glenn sadly had to head back to Virginia already, so we saw them off at about 6pm. And that more or less brings things up to the present.
January 2nd, 2005 at 10:39 pm
I was so sad to leave y’all so soon….it was such a fun Christmas, like always.