Christmas has come and gone . . .

. . and things are starting to get back to our version of normal. The family (all six of us) took the girls to see their Nana and Grampa on Christmas Eve. Well, Warin *did* tell his mom that he "and [his] family" would be bringing the kids down to see grandparents. The grandparents behaved themselves, although Nana *did* effectively invite herself over for a future visit without clearing it with the adult members of the household. Warin is still working on a response letter to her, I get the feeling that he will be mentioning that in the letter. All things considerd though, I'm glad for all our sakes (but especially the girls') that the visit went smoothly.

After the visit, we started looking for an open restraunt. At 5:30 at night, on Christmas Eve. We wound up going to an Arby's and ordering about $70 worth of food and drink for the lot of us. Ebon, Louis, and Dragon took great delight in bantering with the staff behind the counter, while the rest of us settled the kids down at a table. Between the bantering back and forth and the general relaxed atmosphere, it was actually one of the more enjoyable Christmas Eves that I've ever spent. I wound up sleeping on Louis's shoulder on the drive home. He is definitly a cuddly bear-kitty, and the fact that all I'm interested in is cuddling doesn't seem to bother him in the least.

I'm trying to figure out a way to get into some form of better shape without destroying joints in the process. Louis and I were going to be starting on the bellydancing DVD at some point; that'll probably become a major part of my physical excersise.

I think I'm going to be trying to write up that 100 things thing at some point. That oughta be entertaining. :)