It's a very Solsticey Solstice
Click to viewFrom here on in, the days start getting longer! Not that you'd notice, what with this weather, and of course it's not like Bellingham ever gets any sun anyway. My family isn't doing Christmas this year, so this was really the first of 3 or 4 quasi-Xmas days, with the others being New Year's and the inauguration. (Speaking of which, remember to raise your glasses for a toast and a big fat THANK YOU! to the members of the Supreme Court on the 20th.) I've always been more into the pagan Yuletide than Santa Day anyway, and the solstice is the date that New Year's should be on, and of course we've got all this snow (which is finally wet enough for a decent snowman), so this is the day I get seasonal on LJ. I'm not as domestic, either in inward sentiment or outward capabilities, as I'd previously thought I would be at this time, but that's largely because I'm in such a transitional phase right now, and it would be somewhat silly of me to try to invite people into my concept of "home" when I don't even know if *I* am "home" yet.
Jumping directly from the figurative to the literal, it turns out that the house has better insulation than I'd feared; at least, we're neither freezing our asses off nor running the furnace 24/7 . . . although that may be due to my new habit of going to bed fully dressed. Anyway, the roof is covered in snow, with very few icicles, both of which are good. Jalapena has cabin fever, as she wants to go out without having to walk in snow. Good luck, kitty. I'd shovel some paths for her, but as the forecast is pretty much continual snow for the next 10 days, I really don't see much point. She is currently trying to become One with my bed, a feat I shall duplicate shortly.
Looking back over the past year, I'm not sure I accomplished anything of real note. I moved, but then I had no choice in the matter. There has been change, certainly, but none I can pinpoint as positive growth. Perhaps my sense of contentment is hurting me, and I would be better off hungry. When I was growing up, one of the things I feared was mediocrity, and now I see that's pretty much exactly where I am. I don't really see this as failure, though: You can't lose much when you're barely even playing the game. But my, this post has wandered far from the topic.
Tomorrow, I shall go tromping around in the snow again, and probably build that snowman I mentioned earlier. This will allow me to pretend to be merry, joyous, and festive.
STUPID LINKS! (Stupidity not guaranteed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrQcQ9fWLc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc17zmeMlSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QFWBFIEuig