Christmas Aftermath

Hello all. It's the post-Christmas fallout.

Well, I've been busy. Not with work, mostly with gatherings and special events and trying to grab a few hours of play time here and there. Mostly playing Blokus with my family, which is an AWESOME game by the way. Simple enough everyone can play, deep enough for some strategic skill (my specialty), but not so deep that I can always win (unlike chess).

Back on topic.

Christmas started a bit early with the family opening our family gifts on Christmas Eve. This is because we hosted the Christmas Day luncheon, so not much time to do all the other stuff and entertain guests. Then it was clean-up the house time for the afternoon. Then we performed in the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service for our church. My dad ran the sound system (he's the best of the church, and I swear that's not just family bias), my mom and older sister sang in the choir, my brother played the drums, and I played the flute. Turned out very well.

Christmas Day was the luncheon which lasted until nightfall. Not surprising. We tend to like to hang around, play games, talk about random stuff. My mom also made us sing carols, but being musical my brother and I played on the piano and my dad played the guitar. We're not all that great on the piano, so I had to take the left hand while my brother took the right. Plus, those old hymnals are not meant to be played on the piano, they're meant to be sung. Normal hands can't reach that wide and that dexterously.

Of course, we also had smaller Christmas meetups with family friends on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. Monday's was a funeral, though. However, we got to see all of my second cousins from Utah.

Friday was cleaning again. My mom is big on keeping the house clean. We still have the same carpet in our house from our remodeling, which was when I was really young. In case you don't know, that's apparently a really long time. Being Asian and taking off our shoes indoors probably helps. This time, it was putting the house back together and moving furniture. Then we sorted out what we needed to return (wrong sized clothing) and took a little trip to do it. Today it's a catch up and prepare for our trip to Sac/Davis day. That means last of the chores and start pulling out clothes. Apparently it's around 40 degrees up there, so I'm going to have to pack layers.

At least I've been getting over 10 hours of sleep each night.