I’ve been really lazy since recovering from the flu. Of course I mean lazy by Maggie standards, which means I’ve still done all my chores and a lot of holiday cooking, and even did a little work on the new bathroom. But I’ve used the short days and monsoon rains as excuses to avoid doing a number of things I probably could’ve done, and I feel surprisingly OK about that. About two years ago I decided that November through February aren’t conducive to major projects around here, and that going forward I would not try to schedule anything requiring large amounts of outdoor time due to the rain, cold, and gloom. But then we got very little done on the annex in the summer of 2021, which meant I felt compelled to make up for it over the following winter; on top of that, I had to improve my fencing in order to keep Cicero from going over to the neighbors’ every day. If you’re a regular reader, you already know that I habitually push myself much too hard, and I think it really caught up with me in the past few months; given that, and the fact that I had already designated the monsoon season as off-time, I must’ve unconsciously given myself permission to relax a bit more than usual. So on New Year’s Eve I set out a small spread of meat, cheese, crackers and cookies, made myself a glass of strongly-spiked eggnog, took enough edibles to feel really good about the world, and put on some concert videos; here’s hoping that heralds a much more relaxed, low-stress 2023 for me.
Diary #653
January 4, 2023 by Maggie McNeill
Posted in Diary | Tagged drugs, holidays, psychology, Sunset | 6 Comments
6 Responses
Leave a Reply to aspasialibertineCancel reply
Visit my bookstore
This Month
Old Posts
Call me
Become a Blog Patron
Contact Maggie
If you’d like to ask me a question, click here.
If you made a comment and it doesn’t appear within a few hours, click on this one.
If you’d like to alert me to an interesting item, use this one.
And if you have a request, bouquet or brickbat or just want to introduce yourself, this is the one for you.
A Few References
Maggie on Twitter
My TweetsBoring but necessary legal stuff
All original content on this website (i.e. all of my columns, pages and anything else which I write myself) is protected under international copyright law as of the time it is posted; though you may link to it as you please or quote passages (as long as you attribute the quote to me), please do not reproduce whole columns without my express written permission. In other words, you have to say “pretty please with sugar on top” first, and then wait for me to say “okey-dokey”.
Happiest stress free New Year to you and your loved ones. I always wanted to thank you for your help once.
I’m glad I was able to provide it!
What is your alcohol(s) of choice for your spiked egg-nog? I go for rum and brandy. Hope you had a lovely holiday!
For me it’s Bailey’s Irish Cream; mixes so smoothly with the eggnog I don’t even notice it’s there until it hits.
I thought about making my egg-nog with that. I still might. As far as I’m concerned, egg-nog is a valid drink throughout all winter months, not just for Christmastide.
Hear, hear!