Outside My Window ~ 12.16.2012

Outside my window…is another Sunday evening winding down.  We are 9 days away from Christmas….15 days away from 2013…or if you are one of the believer’s of the doomsday prediction, 5 days left.  Either way, this year has flown by…and at the same time, it seems like it has lasted forever.  So much has happened…..so much still happening in both the entire world and in my little part of the world.  And I hesitate to think what a year ending with 13 will bring….do you believe 13 is an unlucky number?  And if so, what kind of year will it be?  Something to ponder I think.  If we make it past doomsday, I’m hoping for the best.  But lets concentrate on right now….at about 10:50 in the evening we have light rain and 57°F.  Monday is calling for showers and temperatures in the mid 60’s.  The temperatures will remain around that range until Friday when we will drop to the upper 40’s.  Not much of a chance for rain after Monday….definitely no snow in the forecast so the odds of a white Christmas are pretty slim.  If you believe the long range forecasts, we will stay around average in both precipitation and temperatures.  I actually wouldn’t mind a nice snowfall during my time off….cozy up inside with a nice fire and watch the snow fall with a nice cup of coffee.  Something peaceful about that moment.

I am thinking…about two of my cousins, my niece and their families this evening and the loss we have suffered this past weekend.

I am glad…my vacation has finally begun.  I didn’t think Friday would ever get here but it finally did.  Two days into my vacation and I’m already feeling 100% better.  Time to decompress….I’m not even letting myself stress about the holidays.  I have decorated all I’m going to decorate….I’m going shopping tomorrow to buy some gifts for my daughters and then I’m going to enjoy the holiday, my time off.  I have a few projects I want to finish…a few chores I need to take care of but there is no timetable….no rush.  If I want to nap through a movie in the middle of the day or clean out the attic, so be it…but I refuse to schedule or push myself.  It is most definitely relaxing time.

I am hoping…that some of the madness in the world will take a holiday.  Too many heartbreaking events for a body to handle….made worse by the constant news coverage….hour after hour after hour.  Time to step away from the television….stay away from the new sites on the Internet.  I read something the other day and it really hit home ~ it said something like after a man once tried to use his shoe as a bomb on a plane everyone was forced to remove their shoes prior to getting on an airplane but there have been over 40 school shootings since Columbine and nothing has been done.  I don’t know if the answer is better gun control or better mental health care…but there needs to be a discussion soon….somehow the madness has to stop.

I am hearing…the ticking of my many clocks….The Big Bang Theory on demand….Turbo snoring like an old man on the couch.

Plans for the week include…doing whatever I want to do….all week long.

One of life’s little pleasures…should I really say the obvious…of course I should ~ relaxing time!

From my camera…a little Christmas color….