Tuesday 12/19, I got some stuff at the store and when I got home I tidied up before showering and getting ready to go to Kay-See’s. There was no traffic so I headed out early and found parking really easily. I bought beer for the first time ever for Kay-See and it was a seasonal one or something and she liked it so that made me happy. She was making some delicious pork for dinner so we talked while it cooked but when the timer went off it wasn’t done so we decided it was going to be a while and we should walk down to Anthropologie so I could get Kassie’s Christmas gifts. We made pretty good time and talked the whole way down and even discussed making some festive, yet completely inappropriate, Christmas cookies. We were disappointed to find out that M wasn’t working that evening. I picked out Kassie’s presents, though now I’m worried I didn’t get enough, then headed upstairs and picked up a pillow I had looked at online for my couch and two picture frames. I bought the stuff and we headed back because Kay-See was worried that her pork was going to be overdone by the time we got there. We hauled ass up the hill and made it back just in time. Kay-See dished me up and it was so good. We had rice and cauliflower too with homemade pico de gallo (sp?) on top of everything. Mmmm! For dessert we had peppermint ice cream then laid on the floor because I had cramps and it’s just where we ended up. We talked forever about all sorts of things like dumb boys (of course), good and bad ways to end relationships, friends getting married and having kids and (semi) casual sex (for us, not the marrieds). We also made a marriage pact. I took off around 10:15 and tried the pillow on my couch and it totally works, yay! I got into bed and watched the news for a while then went to bed. In the middle of the night I heard someone coming up the stairs and I got really freaked out until I realized it was probably Kassie, then I heard the jingle jangle of Rosco’s collar and knew it was them and fell back asleep.

Monday 12/18, I called my house around 10 and my answering machine came on so I was very excited that my power was back. I was also glad that I had kept my heat turned up so that it would defrost throughout the day before I got home. When I got home I cleaned out the fridge and took out the garbage then did some other cleaning around the house and did three loads of laundry. I talked to Dad then Susan for a while then Kay-See and made plans to have dinner the next night. I took a nice hot shower and got into bed without being freezing cold.