rambling

It's 1:00 in the morning and I don't really feel like going to sleep. I've watched 6 episodes of Mad Men and could conceive of watching more except I do have to get up later to take the dog out and can't just roll myself over and over and stay asleep.

Being as I'm on Christmas Break I should really accomplish something like ooooh cleaning my room. Actually I need to do that tomorrow. Symbolically starting the New Year not in a complete mess.

Sister Dubh wrote a really good entry about feeling different about Christmas. Not feeling the pure joy of the holiday as she had in the past. I've been feeling that for the last couple of years.

More to the crux of my mood (which I'm still debating about labelling)...I have no plans for New Years Eve. I could go flake out at my parents. But, God, it's flaking out at my parents. Scratch that, I tried to make plans for New Years Eve but my friend decided she wanted to stick with family. SisDubh was waffly from the start. So I'll fall back on my personal tradition and go buy a steak and some goodies for me and have my own personal New Year's Eve. I try hard to not feel pathetic...but, well, it is what it is. Maybe I'll just pull a West Wing Marathon. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Bonus: I've supercool plans for Inauguration Day--which means I have to take a personal day from work. Right after a three day weekend. Ya know what. I don't care! I'm going to be so happy over the moon that day that I can't be at work. I wouldn't be able to hide it.

I was so revolted during the last inauguration and was forced to watch it and bite holes through my tongue that I promised myself I would take the next one off. So there.

There's something I like about a relatively anonymous blog. A lot of which is I can babble as much as I want. Ha! Away with me.