Snow, Christmas Lights, and Volcanoes

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

(15:52pm) Pearl Harbor Day – It was a whopping eight degrees that morning. Some parts of Iowa were seeing fifteen below, and northern Texas was likely to see snow. In the Pacific, a volcano was ready to blow – the island was already evacuated. Such, was Collette’s thought, were the aftershocks of the great tsunami the year before.

The day passed tolerably quick, and Collette soon found herself back at the apartment by 3:30, after Joe had dropped her off on his way to work, to fix couscous and fried tilapia for dinner, while he worked on creating the “IT” monster for his staff Christmas party – a logo. The Christmas season was coming along almost enchantedly, and the strands of lights and the little Christmas tree made the apartment more festive to her liking. OLeif still wished to get a larger tree from Walgreen’s, although Collette could not justify purchasing another tree so soon, despite the fact that OLeif had just received a decent raise. Perhaps she was a bit of a penny pincher herself, but not too badly. She decided that in celebration, they might place an order of cinnamon sticks and purchase some twinkly white Christmas lights.

There was to be a showing of “Polar Express” at the Imax that weekend, although Collette found that she and OLeif would not be attending with the youth, as there were too many activities booked for the day. Meanwhile, Joe would take the ACT for the first time, he and Rose would perform in the choir with the orchestra, and there might be a night-skate in Forest Park that Friday night, unless other plans were made. OLeif’s staff Christmas party would be Saturday night, and he had a rehearsal and performance Thursday and Friday night, respectively, at Memorial Presbyterian Church down in the city. The family Christmas picture and the now-annual downtown Christmas house tour would be Sunday after church. Oh, the festivities of the holidays!