December, eh?

Unbelievable. Today is December 1st. Driving home I saw some Christmas lights; I've not really known what I think of the holidays in recent years. An exceptionally memorable one was spent with wolfiekins, koshweasley and pghpatronus; last year I sang the Christmas Eve service and then slept in. This year I expect will be similarly low-key, given the issues that I have to deal with. I'm not particularly social, though within certain environments I'd be okay. I'd also like to find a Lessons and Carols service and a Christmas Eve service to attend. I do love the music and ceremony, especially when I can just walk in and listen.

I've resurrected a knitting project from 8 years ago, having most recently worked on it in 2005. It's going okay, but I definitely need to find a more comfortable place to set up shop to listen to a book on tape and knit. And I should buy another lamp to put near my bed; Portland has a general lack of light this time of year and the area where my bed is is pretty dark.

Back to it: beta'ing and going through a thoughtful beta I received, then the evil Facebook. I do check it nearly ever day. GAH! Something very cool, though: I got into work and was told that someone had come by earlier to visit me. It turns out that another Sewanee grad, three years behind me, works there! The Opera had a fire drill and as I stood outside, this person looked at me and asked, "Did you go to Sewanee?" "Yes!" I replied. She identified herself, and I confirmed that the Kristi she'd seen on the name badge was indeed me. Very cool. And as they say, it's a small, small world.