The End Of The Affair

Isn't it sad when a vacation is almost over? Especially around Christmas. The excitement leading up the 25th is so great! And then you wake up on the 26th and everything is different, slowed, depressingly hushed. I'm still in Boston, but will be returning to New York tomorrow with a friend in tow. We'll be celebrating New Year's at a party in Brooklyn. Cheers to avoiding Manhattan on busy busy New Year's Eve.

5 things that happened over this vacation:

1) My cat Solo died. He had lymphoma and was very sick and basically starving. My parents found him curled up in the basement on Christmas Eve morning. It is sad, but he was always a loner and a bit skiddish (until the end, when he became much more friendly) so I never really had a great bond with him. Still, we all miss him and realize how strange it is to have a living creature sitting on the couch with you, purring, one day, and then completely gone the next.

2) I got two great coats that make me feel like a grown-up.

3) I've decided to join the gym and lose weight.

4) I saw Me And You And Everyone We Know and it was weird and delightful and very much just a filmed poem.

5) The Christmas tree kept falling down so my dad got a new stand and it worked very well. It is the biggest tree we've ever had.

How was your holiday?