'Twas the night before the night before Christmas

On the night before Christmas I am always in church and it is a long night. So probably there will be no blog post for the night before Christmas unless ghosts awaken me during the night - IF I ever really get to sleep! The problem with Christmas Eve night is that it is hard to wind down after church to get sufficient sleep to get up the next morning and go back to church. I had my last appointment with the urologist today to set me free post prostatectomy. It is indeed a good thing to cross a doctor off the list in these latter years. I am already praying that some other malady doesn't crop up in 2010 - you know foot in 2006, prostate in 2008 - I would rather avoid the obvious pattern. We had a holiday luncheon at work. I did a half day so I could attend lunch. As usual, I have use-or-lose to be frittered away before the end of the year, complicated, of course, by furlough days - oh joy! I spent most of the night cooking - much better than thinking about normal life. Christmas music on the stereo helps to keep the season moving forward. I hope the magic of the season touches and blesses as many people as I can think of - and more! I think peace would be the greatest gift for everyone.