Popping In

I just wanted to pop in to wish everybody a belated Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Today is the fourteenth day of my seventeen-day vacation. Last week, M and I were running around sunny Maui, returning just in time to spend Christmas with family. More on all of that in other entries. This week, I've been mainly staying indoors and out of the cold and rain, primarily reading, watching DVDs, drinking hot coffee and enjoying the break. The new year is only two days away and I'm excited to welcome in 2006. I only hope it will be a year with a lot less. Less war, less killing, less hatred, less scandal and less disaster, natural or man-made. If I don't get a chance to write before this year ends, Happy New Year!