Merry Christmas!!

This will be quick. It is late, and how I’m typing this is not comfortable, but I want to wish all of my wonderful OD friends a very Merry Christmas!! I hope the day has meaning for you, whatever your belief system (or non at all) is, just for the joys of the day.

The trip here to Kansas City has been good with a couple of small things. My daughter in law to be is acting a bit strange. I think that however much she WANTS me to be here adn I believe she does, it feels strange to her. I understand that. It feels strange to me, but I have more experience with dealing with these things than she does, so it is easier for me to get past it.  Her parents have been MORE than gracious to me.

And then we have the Blizzard.  As I said to someone earlier, it would be far more dramatic for me, if they were not having these same conditions or worse in both OKC and even in my little town farther south.  Maybe not quite as bad.  We already have about 5 inches on the ground and it is blowing hard and is supposed to dump another 10 inches or so by tomorrow night. We are supposed to leave on Saturday. I’m hoping the roads in Oklahoma will be open by then.

And, lets not forget the meeting of Amy’s aunt. It is their family tradition to Christmas eve with Amy’s aunt Susan, a very nice lady.  We arrived at her house, just as the rain was changing over to sleet. I carefully stepped out of the car onto the driveway, noting that it was not slick at all.  So as everyone else was trying to get the elderly grandmother out of the car, I headed up the walkway to introduce myself.  Took one step onto the porch and my feet flew out from under me and the next thing I was laying on my back, looking up at this woman and telling her I was fine (not exactly) and introducing myself while laying on my back on her front porch. Some comic relief for all.  I ended up bruising my knee pretty badly (I don’t even remember hitting my knee) and I’m sore all over, but otherwise, fine.

So, that is my Christmas so far.  I hope that each and every one of you have a wonderful day, and a wonderful 2010. I’m going to try. 

(Merry Christmas, Bruce…I love and miss you, but we are making new memories without you. Life CAN be good)