I'm exhausted. We stayed up very late Christmas Eve wrapping presents and making other preparations, many of which would have been done much earlier had we not had the worst ice storm in New Hampshire history (according to the electric company) followed by two consecutive snow storms.
Which, by the way, have been followed by rain and high temperatures, again, leaving us wondering what kind of weather we're supposed to be preparing for.
Anyway, back to Christmas. The kids got up early, of course. We had a deal with them: they bought some gifts for each other that they could open in their room and play with quietly until we got up at 7:30. Noon would have been nicer, but we figured that was pushing it. As it turned out, the power went out around 7:15, which kind of woke everyone up, worried about how to make food, not to mention flushing toilets (our water is supplied by an electric pump).
The power came back on about half an hour later, but going back to bed was, by that time, not an option.
The day was lovely, with wonderful gifts and good food: orange sweet rolls for breakfast, a glorious egg-and-cheese pie for brunch, and Chicken Tetrazzini, a family favorite, for dinner. (Curious fact I discovered while looking up the spelling of Tetrazzini: the dish is named after an Italian operatic soprano of the 19th Century.)
Good company, too. In addition to the five of us, we had Tom's girlfriend Julia for brunch and his good friend Jeremy for dinner and overnight.
At the end of the day, though, we were more than ready for a good night's sleep. Well, four of us were. The two teenagers were more ready for a late night of video games. They got to sleep in this morning. Not so Karen and myself. The kids get up around 6:30 even when there is no school, and Karen had to go right back to work.
I should recover just about the time 2008 comes to a close.
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