Post-Holiday Wrapup

The blog vacation is over; time to go back to work.

I have had the pleasure of spending nearly the last two weeks at home. I enjoyed two Christmas celebrations and two New Years celebrations (the one on East Coast time being by far the more spirited of the two). We went to two movies. We had lunch at a Japanese restaurant. I watched some football, and a lot of soccer (Boxing Day is a big one for English football). I sang in church for the first time in four months, and assisted in the construction of numerous Lego creations. Pictures will be forthcoming -- this Lego stuff is pretty remarkable.

There is something about working far from home that lends an aimless quality to time spend at home. I can't possibly go into the office, and because we are keeping the house prepped for sale (someday ...), the yardwork and even some of the regular deep cleaning are handled by other people. I am left with not much more to do but play with the kids when they are not otherwise glued to the computer. That's not such a bad deal.

Here's hoping there will be even a tiny bit of positive news about the real estate market at 2008 dawns. December is usually the worst month for home sales anyway, so we hope that sales figures will start to tick upward soon. People are very sensitized to the news reports, so we just need a little good news to get some of the looky-loos off the fence and into negotiations. The sooner we can be done with people who object to the supposed lack of a yard (as if it were our fault), the better.