The official first day back after the winter break, and holidays. It’s a somber time of year. The weather is grey, snowy & cold. The children not do full of laughter as the bundle close together lined up ready to go back into school once more. Schedules are starting to wind up once again. Disturbed sleeping patterns, and eating habits have to be reset. Outbursts, tears, tantrums and fatigue are here for the next week, possibly two while everybody adjusts back from the pre holiday season hysteria. I imagine a number of conversations regarding santa claus, toys, and what kind of haul they all came away from Christmas with. In our case, less stuff, more Hockey Games downtown! Booyah! Second game watched, second game won! Nice.
This was the first Christmas in a very long time in which I didn’t have to bust out a large card board box to house all of the other smaller cardboard boxes from kids toys in order to get it to go in the recycling. Besides some lego boxes, and a remote controlled gecko, not much mess to be had. Glorious! Now there are more unopened Lego boxes, but they are all relatively small, and in the kids rooms. Not currently being stored on the island or dining room table like years before.
I was given some grief for taking the tree down on New Year’s Day, but it’s tradition, and I put the tree up, and I take it down, no one else will do it, so it goes on my schedule. The kids helped to decorate it, but were busy playing on their tablets and didn’t want to participate in the dlower, and more meticulous tear down process. I wasn’t upset. Each set of ornaments has to go back in their respective boxes, and aligned just right to fit. It’s slow going, and can’t be rushed. Untangling lights from the tree, and reclaiming fallen hooks, and hangers takes time. It let’s me process the holiday, and transition into the new year with a few early accomplishments. I also use the day to tear down the ground light elements, like tree wraps, inflatables, and free standing characters from the lawn. I also pulled up all of the extension cords before they froze to the ground in a big block of ice. I can now scrape the front walk without fear of electrocution from a forgotten (but live) cord running to a random tree out front. Good for my health! It was cold. I had wanted to do some of it on New Year’s Eve, but even to me that felt premature (even if my fingers would have appreciated the few extra degrees of heat the day before afforded). I got it done regardless. A second stroke for the win column. All we do is win-win-win no matter what!
Last nights Leafs game was a success. Went into overtime to do it, but we caught our train, and got home before 11:30pm, so that was really great. A hard night before going back to school probably was a poor choice on my part, but it’s about making those memories folks. Two more games later this month to look forward to. I have to imagine that either my father inlaw, or brother in law will take my daughter to one of those games, as they are during the week, and won’t interfere with any weekend plans they might have. I’d be very happy to take her myself, mind you, as I enjoy watching hockey in person. I went to see the Peterborough Pete’s a number of times when I was in university. If Oshawa wasn’t so sketchy I’d go see some local OHL games to.
But here we are on Monday January 6th, 2025 and that silly mr Trump is heading back to the oval office in two weeks time. What a shit show that’s going to be. Funny how things work out.
Take care out there. Ciao Bella.
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