My Life Doesn't Feel as Boring...

...as this blog would suggest. But perhaps, the lack of posts is instead evidence of this, as opposed to evidence against. So, without further ado, my Christmas vacation was a lot of fun. I flew home on December 20th without incident, though i must admit, since the implementation of heightened security, it is anticlimactic to fly home. Unlike in the movies, there is no sense of anticipation as you leave the plane, because you know you still have at least a 5-10 minute walk before you actually see anyone. And because family and friends can no longer great you as you exit the plane, there is usually a flurry of phone calls back and forth to decide where to meet, taking away from the expectation of seeing someone for the first time in months (you just talked 30 seconds ago, so what is the big deal?). I got in to Metro on time though, so thank goodness for that.

From the moment i stepped off the plane to the food coma immediately following Christmas Day dinner, i was caught up in a flurry of events (it being in the mid 50s almost the whole time i was home, that was the only flurry i would see this Christmas). Wednesday night, since everyone was home, we went out to the Cantina in downtown Royal Oak (mighty fine Mexican if i do say so myself). We then came home and finished decorating the Christmas tree. Now, you may be thinking Dec. 20th is really late to be decorating a tree, but it is tradition that the whole family has to be home in order for decorating to commence, SO, my sister Lisa would not let the tree be decorated until Mary and I got home (which luckily ended up being on the same day). Thursday was Ann Arbor time, so after sleeping in for the first time in awhile, i got my things together and drove out to meet Cadi and Brian for dinner at Connor's (i know its Boston, but i've yet to find an Irish pub that serves Shepard's Pie as tasty as at Connors). Catching up took us late into the night, so i stayed over, and am glad i did, because the next morning, i got to experience the brillance of the workout DVD with the lady with the big eyes. Having gotten up and exercised to start the day, i felt great...and it took me back to the hill house and our morning yoga routines.

After seeing Cadi off to work, i made the trek home to Royal Oak, and walked into a beauitful brunch of pancakes and eggs (don't worry, those of you who just felt reality shift a little, i still don't like eggs), canadian bacon, homemade apple sauce and orange juice. Talk about a sight for an empty stomach! Brunch was then followed by some frantic last minute shopping, before coming home to get ready to go to the theatre!

Another of the more recent family holiday traditions is to go to whatever big play is coming through town. For many years we flip-flopped between Les Mis and Rent, but this year we wanted to branch out so we went to see Spamalot. It was absolutely amazing. The production was top notch, the jokes were right on, and there was even audience participation at the end. And it did my heart good when the main Knight who formerly said Ni, broke out into Bohemian Rhapsody--a nice touch i thought. It was a brillant night, complete with dinner before hand, which ended up being appropriate considering we were to see Monty Python later in the evening. We went to Peabodies in Birmingham, and my mom and uncle ordered the duck. They then both proceeded to hack and stab, but to no avail...the duck was so tough as to be uncuttable, and to make the scene that much funnier, it came on a nice bed of creamy rice, so it slid all over the plate as one tried to stab it. We decided the dish could only have been more perfect if it had been served over a broth of some sort, so the disastorous mess made from trying to eat it could be complete.

I'm sure Saturday involved more last minute shopping as well as perhaps a movie. But bottom line, as was the theme of my vacation, i'm sure it was full of mary, lisa and I being the kind of goofy that only we three can be.