I woke up way late this morning because it was so dark at 9:30 that I thought it was 7:30. I was in a bad mood because I had managed to whap my right foot on a steel cabinet and burn my index finger the night before. The house was the typical end-of-semester wreck. I’m too lazy to decorate for Christmas this year, but upset that there are no decorations. I always say that I’d prefer to celebrate the solstice instead and never manage to get my act together on time and obviously this year is no different. Grumblegrumblegrumble.

But then it started with the freezing rain. We had grocery-shoped yesterday, so there was no need to go out. The branches of the trees froze into glass, and it looked so much like the ice storms in Arkansas that I started to cheer up. Eventually the rain turned into huge snowflakes. We only got a couple of inches, but it’s gorgeous outside. I’ve done six loads of laundry, vacuumed, unmulched my study, and made manicotti for dinner. (Clean house, good year.) One of my presents from Mister Husband showed up today, and Rudolph is on tonight. So all in all, it’s a lovely solstice.