Yule Ramblings

So its 6:30 here. Sun's still down. I note that on the east coast its 8:30 and the sun has already begun to climb back into the sky. Got a good bit of stuff done tonight -- laundry, house cleaning, present exchanging, collectable card gaming. We played the Age of Empires card game for most of the night -- that game takes an insane amount of time to play. Ever tried Axis & Allies? Its similar to that -- and it has similarly complicated rules. The thing that's better about A&A is that they at least give you all the pieces you need to play. Age of Empires required us to pull out mountains of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Yeah, I'm rambling. Very tired. Very, very tired. Have pics to post -- of unwrapping and cookie baking. Ha, I almost forgot, we made three kinds of cookies and then packaged them up for assorted family and friends. Turned out really nice for the most part.

Wow, I wish it was 8am. Every year doing the Yule overnight is a very hard thing for me -- I just really need regular large doses of sleep. But at the same time, the fact that I can do it makes me kinda proud. Once a year I survive the longest night.

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Yeah, so we didn't make it. Right after I left that last post we looked at each other and went to catch two hours sleep. It was a necessary thing and I don't really feel all that bad about it.

The cat has been dropped off, the bags are packed, the house is clean. We have about a half hour to kill before we start walking to the bus station. Then its hours and hours of transportation fun. At least this time we're taking a non-stop flight. Yay.