The Big Green House

Thursday, December 12, 2002

 

Do they make tofu Roast Beast?

It�s cold, wet and gray in Seattle today � everything that attracted me here in the first place. Winter is my time of year, as I think I�ve mentioned before. If it were colder I�d be happier, but I�ll settle for 45 degrees & overcast.

I�m actually feeling somewhat festive this year. Usually, my take on the holidays is �I�m not going to let Xmas ruin an otherwise perfectly good December�. Residual retail angst and having a birthday three days before the arrival of the dreaded Claus will do that.

This year, things are different. I�ve actually sprung for holiday music, which is especially amazing given that most of my time in retail was spent foisting recorded music on an impossibly dim public. I swore I�d never voluntarily listen to Xmas tunes again. I�ve finished most of my Xmas shopping and sent my packages to the Ancestral Markey Homestead; I�ve never even started this early before. There are cheerful holiday lights all over The Big Green House, and we are even going to get a tree this weekend, something I haven�t done in about 15 years or so.

What�s behind all this? The presence of the always-charming Science Girl, of course, without whom I would be Grinching my way through another holiday season. I�m not saying I�m totally into the whole thing, mind you, but much more so than in years past.

bmarkey 12/12/2002 05:38:00 PM