Christmas Season 2018 Day 1

We had a tame kickoff to the holiday season. Woke up late, after 8. Had to go back to the other cottage to shower and get ready. No facilities in the converted garage. So we dressed to cross the gap to the other house in order to get undressed and take showers. Emily rudely jumped in first. What a pain.

Since she was hogging the hot water I went to the kitchen and finished the dishes from last night. Btw, no one was awake. Then I put on the coffee, not entirely due to my love of others. Mostly I wanted a cup. Then I put the cinnamon rolls in the oven. Beth made a tray yesterday. Then I went back to the bathroom to try and guilt the wife out of the shower. This is a damn near hundred year old house. The plumbing only so good. So I got a lukewarm shower. Emily claimed she had no hot at all. To which I respond, nicely, bullshit. But I did get a shower.

Got dressed. Time for full on pie, cinnamon rolls and coffee. And then diabetic coma. I am coming down now off my sugar/carb high. It really hurts. I am not sure what I can do to make myself feel normal. Maybe more pie.

Just in case anyone cares, it’s raining cats and dogs here. Started last night and has not stopped. We are driving into the city so not looking forward to rush hour with bad weather.

Hey! Our hard working federal civil servants did not take the day off! I just got a call from an IRS auditor wanting to set an audit appointment. On Black Friday. Wow. I am surprised anyone works today.

So, our day is a little messed up. Mostly because we didn’t get up early enough or move through our morning duties fast enough. We had been planning on all three of us going to Emily’s glass store for their Black Friday sale. Extra cheap, 50% off everything. Then we were all going to the Auto Show in SF. So what happened? We were not ready to leave till 1240. So we did not have enough time to go to both. Solution, Emily drove east to glass store and we went west to the auto show. Oh well. Marika and I got the best part of the deal.

We had a short drive to the city. Still took over two hours. Traffic not so good. Heck, the last 4 miles took over 30 minutes. But in the end we got to the auto show. I do love to walk around and look at the new models, most of which I can afford, and all the super expensive exotics that I can afford or even touch for that matter. We had fun just walking around, asking difficult questions of the car reps and sitting in some of the cars. Having a cocktail. Just a fun outing on a Saturday.

Emily called while we were wandering, though actually done shopping. We decided to meet “halfway” for dinner in Carneros. Fortunately for us, no extra driving. It was on the way home. She had to backtrack. Marika was going back from there and Em and I were headed home. The traffic was great. There wasn’t any. Drove over the limit all the way there.

Dinner was very good, as were the pre dinner cocktails. We even had dessert which is really something we never do. It feels like the end of the weekend though it’s only Friday.

Emily and I got home by 1030. Marika by 10, she called to let us know. She is a good girl. We got the car in and animals out for their usual. Sat down and rested and watched a little murder porn (20/20). I hate that crap. Emily loves it. So we watch. She is next to me now, asleep in her chair. I think ready for bed.

I am going to lock up around her. And go to bed.