{"id":4010,"date":"2006-12-25T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T17:42:54","slug":"merry-christmas-thank-you-for-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4010","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas.  Thank you for being."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrstoyworld.com\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=1042\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jrstoyworld.com\/catalog\/images\/tit6wwiop.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a>I am so tired.  So very, very tired.  Switching to a nine-to-fiver&#8217;s schedule for this weekend, as well as being in a bed other than my own, has drained me pretty well.  I wouldn&#8217;t trade it for the world, though.  The past three days have been awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was catching up on the last of our shopping, and feeling pretty accomplished.  Nothing ended up needing to be purchased on Xmas Eve, which is a first for me in a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night was one of the 8th Anniversary shows for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipmradio.com\/\">In Perpetual Motion Radio<\/a>, and I had a blast.  The mood was very laid back, almost somber, but the music was as good as it always is.  I was lucky to avoid anything ending in &#8220;a-billy&#8221;, which makes me a lucky Skippy.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, being xmas eve, had us packing during the day, moving the tree off of Buddy&#8217;s cage, and getting Buddy ready to go.  Then, we headed to the T-W-P, and even arrived early.  As always, the dog was infatuated with my parents&#8217; lawn, but not so much with not being able to run free without a fence.  We played with him for a while, then took off to Millington for the Cramptons&#8217; Xmas Eve bash.  After amazing amounts of food and a White Elephant present game, we headed back to the T-W-P, practically overflowing with family-ness.<\/p>\n<p>I did -not- expect to have -that- conversation on the way back to the T-W-P.  Color me pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n<p>I got nearly no sleep last night, but <lj user=\"benniferus\"> was OUT.  She was the last to wake up for presents and breakfast this morning.  And this, of course, is why I&#8217;m going to want to play when I get home.  I have this nifty firewire\/usb 2.0 hard drive enclosure.  I have this nifty new-to-me computer from <lj user=\"cramptonstyle\">.  I have the toy above, and several DVDs to watch.  I have the CD that I&#8217;m listening to right now.  I even got the Combo Drive for the iBook in the mail while I was gone.<\/lj><\/lj><\/p>\n<p>Someone slipped us a lapel pin of a burning cat.  ;)<\/p>\n<p>So, many projects to move forward on, much playing to do, and I am le tired.  We shall see if I fire ze missiles before a nap or afterward. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am so tired. So very, very tired. Switching to a nine-to-fiver&#8217;s schedule for this weekend, as well as being in a bed other than my own, has drained me pretty well. 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