The snow it melts the soonest
when the winds begin to sing
The bee that flew when Summer shone
in Winter cannot sting
~English folk song, sung by Voces8~

I have a cat who I let sleep on my pillow and the only reason I do is because she isn’t anybody’s favorite. Every other cat has someone who at least professes or shows them their love on a regular basis and this one doesn’t have anything like that. I kept her because I didn’t want to give her away, because she was a kitten and the kids and I were attached. But sometimes I wonder if I haven’t done her a disservice.

As in she could’ve been someone’s favorite, but here she is just our cat number seven. Her name is Ruby, which is a name the kids picked and one I never really liked. So Ruby sleeps on my pillow and Midnight sleeps underneath. There’s a new pillow I brought over from the CGC last Christmas when we gave everyone pillows from the leftover donations. It’s still in its package but the printing is scratched off now.

Elianna took Zorro on an unleashed walk around the lake. I wasn’t sure about the name Zorro at first but it’s grown on me and I like it. Everyone else stayed closer to home. It’s been one of those days after Christmas where everyone is content mostly doing their own thing. I brought my blankets to the couch as not to be a recluse and have spent and enjoyed a major portion of the day there. There are many leftovers.

We watched a few different movies this year. One was Christmas With the Kranks which was funny though a little bit over the top. The other was Red One starring Chris Evans and the Rock. I actually liked it and thought it was interesting. Both movies of course had to have some kind of scene that involved women in bikinis. It’s like you can’t get away from it. Most of the time it ruins movies and is 100% unneccesary.

I liked the Red One movie and thought it was interesting. It had an evil Christmas witch which made the movie more intriguing. We’ll watch another one tonight. I don’t get these people who talk about winter like the light is returning. Experientially there’s more darkness plus the temperatures are colder. I’m not 100% sure about the experiential thing so don’t look it up and then judge me for being wrong.