Today Holidailies asks: How is this December different from last year?
Last year I was recovering from a massive heart attack. Yet somehow, I managed to do almost everything I usually like to do—see the state Christmas trees, have brunches with friends. I even put up a tree for the first time in 10 years. The only thing I didn’t do was go out on New Year’s Eve. This year I’m seeing John Oliver at the Kennedy Center, so I’m looking forward to that.
Things are a little more hectic this year, though. Or at least they feel that way. It’s probably because this time last year I wasn’t commuting to the office twice a week. I didn’t have to do that until April, after my cardiac rehab was over. I also have a freelance project this December, whereas last December it was all I could do to get through 40 hours a week at my day job.
Last December felt different, too. Work wasn’t going so well (if you know, you know), and now it’s going well. Last year there were conflicts around the world, but this year there is even more conflict and civil unrest, and now we have Apricot Pol Pot returning to the White House in January. About the only thing I’m looking forward to about that is the inevitable clash he’s going to have with Shut-Me-Up Elmo Muskrat (who I wrote about almost to the day last year). The honeymoon is only going to last so long with those two. Not even D.C., which is loaded to the gills with big egos, has enough room for both of theirs. The falling out will be epic, no doubt, and I’ll be there for it.
Might have to put some Old Bay on my popcorn, as neither of those ghouls are locals. I put a dash of Old Bay on a lot of things. It’s super good on popcorn.
And now I’ll leave you with this little gem:
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