In the end

Christmas vacation is over!  Tomorrow morning I am back at school and glad of it.

I did a lot of traveling this year between Thanksgiving and New Year's.  All of it was wonderful even if I did completely lose track of the eating program due to good company and the exercise program due to icy sidewalks.  I am confident those can both be recovered.

What I didn't count on was the devastation wreaked the moment I began to bake Christmas cookies.  I put on the music and set out to make my famous vanilla butter cookies.  I had not made them for years and just as soon as I creamed the butter and sugar, a shelf in my kitchen crashed down destroying all my good cups and most of my glassware.  Even worse.  It shattered the face of my brand new phone.  This was the beginning.

As the vacation progressed I have lost a computer, a printer, and two knitting projects, one of which had to be totally re-knitted.  Twice baked potatoes are good.  Twice knit hats not so good.

I had a flat tire on my car and a bathroom that began leaking on my head at very inconvenient times.  The downstairs washer began unbalancing itself every time it was used and I cooked my new red shirt in the dryer.

I can't afford vacations like this.  It is going to take my credit card months to recuperate and I haven't even bought a new phone or computer.  But tonight this little travel computer began acting up!

The good news is that my health is holding, my friends are all safe and sound and life does go on.  In the end those are what really count.

Let me remember this!