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Winter reflections
Dec. 20th, 2013 04:20 pmYesterday, I had to walk to the Staples that's a few big blocks away, so that I could get things which would let me mail out important documents and holiday gifts. I wore my usual – a long-sleeve button-down shirt, with black jeans – and it was a bit cool, so I threw on a windbreaker.
Within a block I realized that I was overheating, so I took off the windbreaker.
Because this may be late December, but I am in California, and the terrible horrible frigid ice-hell of winter has not found me here.
...
Man, I kinda want to do one of those "year in review" things for 2013, because frankly, I feel like I deserve a medal for surviving this year with my sanity and shaded-cynical optimism intact. But I also feel like if I do that before the end of the year, 2013 will find some way to punish me for thinking it's over.
It's almost over. And I am going to drink hot tea out of my adorable 3-oz ceramic cups, and I am going to cherish the things and the people who got me through this year. And I am going to continue patiently laying groundwork to make tomorrow better than today.
And then I'm going to take a deep breath and work on my Yuletide story again, even though it scares me.
Within a block I realized that I was overheating, so I took off the windbreaker.
Because this may be late December, but I am in California, and the terrible horrible frigid ice-hell of winter has not found me here.
...
Man, I kinda want to do one of those "year in review" things for 2013, because frankly, I feel like I deserve a medal for surviving this year with my sanity and shaded-cynical optimism intact. But I also feel like if I do that before the end of the year, 2013 will find some way to punish me for thinking it's over.
It's almost over. And I am going to drink hot tea out of my adorable 3-oz ceramic cups, and I am going to cherish the things and the people who got me through this year. And I am going to continue patiently laying groundwork to make tomorrow better than today.
And then I'm going to take a deep breath and work on my Yuletide story again, even though it scares me.
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