Christmas Day 2008

Wow! Was I tired. I had turned off the alarm and slept until 8:30. I don’t remember the last time I slept that late. Evelyn was up writing something, waiting for me. We went to walk around the park, but Evelyn was concerned that the humidity would harm her hair and went to the exercise room to walk the treadmill. I went to invite the full timers from TN that we had met at the Vesper service to go to the Chinese buffet with us. They were already registered. We rode with our neighbor who has a van and took all 6 to lunch. The woman who organized the meal had decorated the room for us also had some sheets with Christmas carols for us to sing after the meal. All buffets are death to people like me who like to taste everything, and Chinese buffets are the penultimate challenge. There are too many choices. We arrived home at 3:30, Evelyn rested a short while, and we went to pick up other friends to go to the Horseman for dancing. We heard the group recommended by a woman at the Victoria Palms dance Tuesday. Tonight, there was a father, mother, and son who sang to prerecorded music. It was like karaoke. They were entertaining though. As a big surprise, the owner again provided a free meal to everyone there. It was a barbecued ¼ chicken, 2 kinds of potato salad, clam dip, and cookies. I wasn’t going to eat any but saw Evelyn and our other 2 friends coming back to the table with full plates. I joined in the feasting. John and I had split a bucket of beer (6) and left around 6:45 before I was finished with mine. We were home by 7 and prepared to watch “A Christmas Story”. It was a good nostalgic look at a Christmas past. We went to bed early still tired from yesterday.