The time is approximately eleven in the morning, Christmas morning. The stockings and packages have all been opened. E is playing beautiful music on her new keyboard. Z and Gideon are playing Gideon’s new video game and I believe K and C are learning/practicing tattoo art on the fake skin that C got for Christmas. Me? I am impatiently waiting for the batteries to charge. Z and I got a GoPro 8. It is for us to share until the stores restock and then we will each have one. I should be reading the book I got, or the instruction manual. Instead I am back in time when I was a kid and got something that needed batteries and we had no batteries. When I was a kid, stores weren’t open on Christmas day. At least not in the small towns where we lived. Planning was important. This need for batteries was a stressor for me while my kids were growing up. I’d buy so many batteries. Some would get used, the rest eventually go bad and be disposed of in a landfill. Today those would be recycled. Now we have these wonderful rechargeable batteries and so I will write or read as I wait for them to charge.
It is now almost eleven in the evening. I found things to do, including a lovely walk with Z. The batteries were charged quite a while ago. I’ve been trying to maneuver through the website and downloading the app to be able to use the GoPro. It didn’t come with an SD card so I can’t use it until I either scavenge one from something else or go buy one. Perhaps I will get to use the camera tomorrow. Some happy things for today:
I now have a GoPro. Eventually I will be able to use it.
Tonight’s walk with Z was very nice. We set off with him honoring a gift certificate to me for a walk with him. It ended up being a possible weekly thing that we do. We’ll see, it is good to be able to know my son-in-law well and walking is a great way to get time to talk.
Gideon’s joy with some of his presents. It was especially fun to watch his enthusiasm at getting a book on economics. I’m not being sarcastic, he really enjoyed the book.
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E playing with Nanni.
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| E's gift was large enough that she could use it as a chin rest. |
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| Insta pot (slightly used).https://www.nerdygurdy.nl/ |
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| Gideon looking at one of his books. |
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| C and E sharing the love. |
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| Looking over his book on economics. |
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| E playing on her new keyboard. |
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| Most of my gifts. |
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| Things are melting and there is fast running water. |
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| Much of the snow is gone, |
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| Home from the walk. |
🎄☮🎄☮🎄
Stay safe, be kind.
Too tired, probably forgetting things.
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