Katie is working here on Christmas eve morning so I am trying to get caught up on the blogging. She is FINALLY done with this semester. She says if anything, it was harder than the summer semester (which she and her colleagues already refer to as "last year" although it wasn't even more than about 6 months ago). I am also working Christmans eve--tonight, playing a Christmas eve service at the giant St. Paul's Catholic church in Manhattan. It has been nice to finally spend some time with Katie again. All my teaching wrapped up on Dec. 22, so now I just have to grade final papers and enter grades. We are going to travel to Washington, D.C. after New Year's to visit our friends Rachel and Sean who moved there recently from Oregon. We'll blog that when we get back.
The real reason for this post is to boast about our very first Christmas tree. Our apartment had really been too small for a tree in past years, but this year, with our new, larger digs (see previous posts), we have space for a tree. No tree stands sold Christmas trees in our neighborhood though, so we got this 7 foot tree at church lot in Park Slope and carried it back (2o minute walk) to our place. I think I smelled like a Balsalm Fir for about two days after that. My muscles were a bit tired too, but it was lighter than you might expect, and it was all wrapped up at that point, so it wasn't as bushy as it is in the photo. Although it's our first tree, we weren't at a loss for ornaments, since we get some as gifts every year and had bought some on our European vacation in 2005, as well as acquired some along the way during our 5 years together already. Enjoy the picture, and we'll send out an email on Christmas Day with a picture of us and the tree (plus post it here on the Blog with our Christmas letter).
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