We just finished a nice long winter holidays. Jeannie and I had two full weeks off from work, and Michelle had off alot of those days too. Nice to relax and wind down and let your mind go back to its natural shape without a whole day to day pressures. And it’s a good thing too, I was getting pretty run down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the course the holidays are busy in their own way. We did lots of baking, and hosted first and engagement party for Lizzy and Josh, and then Christmas dinner with Mary and Lou and family. On boxing day we went up to Buffalo and visited with my parents, Kathleen and all the kids, and Lizzy and Josh. While we were up there we also got together with Larry and Jackie for an evening of dinner and drinks and catching up on things. Apparently Larry is into improvising jazz on the vibes these days. Good to know if I ever move back there and want to start a new jazz group. He also gave me some tips to improve my drumming. On New Year’s Eve we went out to visit Nick and Lisa and played a bunch of games and watched the ball drop. Fun time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was one of the worst winter drives up and back in years. It was freezing rain both ways, slippery and poor visibility. Also, on the drive up, part of the exhaust system went kaput and started making an awful noise for the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a very Lego Christmas in our house this year. Everyone got legos, including all Kathleen’s kids. Also, a few months ago I got a fancy lego castle as a spiff from some bonus points at work, the kind you have to spend on one of a handful of stores. It was Schloss Neuschwanstein, the famous castle in the Bavarian Alps. Part of the Architecture series, it’s a really big model, with several thousand pieces. I started building it sometime after Thanksgiving and finished the last day of winter break. I must say it looks really cool. Next time I play with legos it will be attacked by spaceships and dinosaurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We thought of going skiing last Saturday, but there’s not enough snow yet in the places we go in the Catskills and Berkshires. Our favorite mountain, Catamount, had only three lifts and a handful of trails open, less then half the mountain. Ah well, let’s hope for snow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile I got out on my bike twice already in the new year. If the weather is above freezing and it’s not too windy I can bike comfortably. So hopefully I can keep at it semi-regularly thru the winter. I\u2019m happy to say I\u2019m back to a full weightlifting workout too, and feeling good, which is not always the case this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also worked a lot on my forthcoming album Spellbound: In the Dead of Winter. More on that next post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today we’re back to work and so far so good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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