Christmas Eve.

Earl has been busy in the kitchen working on Christmas Eve snacks. We keep it informal at the Desert Compound. I have to keep reminding myself it’s Christmas Eve; the sun is shining brightly with the promise of a beautiful sunset and the temperatures are still well within the 70s on the Fahrenheit scale.

I talked to family back east a little while ago. I’ll be giving them a call again tomorrow.

I’m enjoying sitting on the gazebo writing this blog entry, with a small glass of white wine to sip while composing the bits and bytes. I’m feeling particularly reflective and pensive today. Today was a normal workday for me, but since the team is awesome, I gave them all a head start on their Christmas celebration.

This holiday season has felt like one of the more lower key holidays of my adult life. I’m feeling merry, just not as loudly so.