Snow, Christmas, and The End of Days

As I sit on my couch writing this post, Vermont is getting hit by a good old fashioned snow storm. It has been a couple years since we've really gotten pounded with snow, so this is a welcome sight to most people in the area. Well, apart from winter storms being named now. Euclid? Really? I'm pretty sure that this storm isn't following any of the five axioms of Euclidean Geometry.

This storm started they way that a good winter storm should: at night. As we went to bed last night, we knew that the storm would be starting soon, and as I was drifting off I could hear the cars driving by on a wet road...it had started!

When we woke up this morning, there were already a good three or four inches on the ground, and the snow was supposed to keep coming all day. Thankfully I'm off from work until next year, so I don't have to worry about getting anywhere on time. But I can look forward to snowshoeing at some point soon and, well, it sure does look nice.

Christmas was two days ago...and I can say that I actually enjoyed the holiday! I have a history of Acute Grinchism, which gets worse as the holiday approaches, but it wasn't too bad this year. I spent the holiday with Laura and her family, and it was amazing. We went to a couple of holiday parties, had quite a few nice meals at her parent's house, and exchanged gifts. All in all, it left me with a very content and happy feeling that I haven't felt in years!

So here we are in one of the more relaxing times of the year. It's that wonderful week between Christmas and New Years! Right after Thanksgiving there is always a huge build up to Christmas filled with shopping, parties, and family. And while most of those things can be fun and bring lots of joy to people, it can also be stressful as all get out.

But once all the presents have been opened and that last holiday party has had the lights turned out, we all get to settle in and think about the coming of a new year. No matter whether your year was amazing or a huge pile of shit, we all get a proverbial clean slate in a few days. It's quite refreshing really!

And speaking of the New Year, one thing I am VERY thankful for is that the 21st of December has come and gone without incident. For some reason nothing made me more grumpy than listening to people go on and on about how the Mayans were going to be right and the world was going to end. Some of it was in jest, but there were surely those that really felt that way. Rampant stupidity bothers me. So, needless to say, I'm glad that's over with.

To close out, I thought I would post a picture of our tree with all the presents underneath!