…was Christmas Day. I got everything I wanted without realizing it.
For the six weeks, we have been cleaning, moving, fixing, repairing, putting away, stacking, preparing, working, studying and hoping that everything would work out in the end. My goal was to finish what was the hardest term I have had to date in school. My last day was the Tuesday before Christmas. Midterms were right around Thanksgiving. We had a good Black Friday this year- we slept in a bit and spent the entire day watching college football. There were about six games in total. Christmas was a planned day of laziness.
The most outstanding reason for having our dinner on Christmas Eve was due to BBC America’s decision to broadcast- for the first time ever- the Doctor Who Christmas Special on Christmas. It was due to come on at 9pm sharp. Our dinners rarely end before 2am, so watching the special would have otherwise have been impossible. When we discovered that the 14 hours preceding the special would be filled with a Doctor Who marathon, we were pretty dead set on parking ourselves on the sofa and doing very little.
Doctor Who at the Proms was on for two hours, beginning at around 1pm. During that time, both Marieke and I drifted in and out of a state of sleep so restful and taken in such a comfortable environment, it was difficult to tell at times that it was all happening on the sofa. We had reserved a few movies from RedBox to watch on that day, mirroring our activity one year previous. When it was decided that we would savor our nest for the entire day, we both changed into even more comfortable clothes. Marieke found a particularly comfortable pair of ‘in-active’ bottoms (as opposed to the active bottoms I use during workout time)- plaid, soft, made of t-shirt material and oh-so perfect for lounging. I spent most of the rest of the day in these pants.
After the amazing and exceedingly good Doctor Who Christmas Special episode, we capped the evening off with about half the episodes from the sixth season of Weeds. This also mirrored the activities of last year. Having the laptop made watching the episodes quite simple and it was far easier to set up and watch.
It was truly a day of relaxation. Well deserved relaxation. We all need a day off- I was lucky to get two. For second Christmas (12/26)- a happily adopted Dutch tradition- we began the day by having brunch with a friend, whose New Year will begin with a deployment to Iraq. We did some shopping, taking just enough time outside our nest to avoid cabin fever. We did watch our movies and the rest of the sixth season of Weeds.
In a word, the last two days have been simply bliss. I do not want to let them go.
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