I'm sitting at the dining room table, watching as the light outside fades and look around to realize that it is pretty darn dark here in the house. But, I am too tired to get up and turn the light on! So, I continue to type, hoping that I am hitting the right keys, as I am a terrible typist and also have a tendency to transpose letters--a dyslexia in typing, I guess I would call it. However,the smell of a ham roasting in the oven forces me to get up and check it and while I pass the wall switch, I flip the light on in the kitchen.
As I open the oven and look at the ham, my stomach rumbles in anticipation of another feast. I am glad I have an exercise routine as I know it will take several days to work off all the food I have eaten in the past 36 hours.
The excitement of the past three days is finally catching up to me. Thursday was a marathon wrapping of presents in the afternoon, followed by an evening of baking cookies and making homemade chocolates. Friday was a run to the grocery store and the seafood market over in Newport plus an unplanned stop at Walmart for a couple of supplies that Hannaford's had run out of of, followed by a five mile bike ride, then an afternoon of baking cookies and crackers, making boiled lobsters for dinner and a fun party with our neighbors.
Yesterday was a busy morning of opening presents with my husband and two of my sons with a breakfast of mimosas, homemade blueberry muffins and bacon, followed by an afternoon with my parents, more presents, more food, more champagne...the evening was spent on the couch, watching a Netflix movie called "Australia."
So, today, I am tired, and am moving slower and slower as the day winds down to evening and towards the big blizzard that is supposed to hit us sometime in the night. I am glad I have food in the house, gas for the generator, and a full wood box. I am content to be sitting in the dark, gathering energy for the week ahead.
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