At last a quiet day. I seem to have been exhausting myself of late, what with cooking the turkey & then trying to sort out the drain (see the Fox's blog). It wasn't helped by having to do the food shopping & the inevitable Christmas cards. I supposed too it hasn't helped being a bit anxious about a friend who got rushed into hospital on Wed/Thurs night with stomach pains severe enough for her to spend the weekend on morphine. However, she is now safely home, still aching but reassured that the cause is nothing too dire, nothing fatal. So now I can relax. Fortunately today is just going to be a simple pasta dish, quick & easy to do, no preparation.
It's not going to be quite such a relaxing day for the Fox. He's got the joy of going for his swine flu jab this evening to look forward to. Reports suggest he's going to feel very uncomfortable tonight.
As we're giving PD a lift back from the Pub yesterday, he suddenly comments how dark the streets seem for the time of year. It echoes with what we'd been saying on our way to the Pub. There doesn't seem to be anything like as many houses bedecked with Christmas lights & inflated Santas & snowmen.
Most years I feel it's going over the top these days. We never put lights outside & the Christmas tree doesn't go up until just before the day.
Even allowing for the fact people seem to be cutting down on exterior decoration of their homes, very few houses even seem to have their Christmas trees up. Is this a sign of the continuing recession? Certainly the council is doing far less this year. Or are we all going greener, trying not to waste electricity on such frippery? Whatever the cause, it certainly makes the place duller, less festive, less exciting. A pity in some ways in these very long hours of midwinter nights. They need brightening up somehow.
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