Columbus Zoo: Wild LIghts

Originally uploaded by AmyMo.

The last couple of weeks I’ve felt a bit like this tree. Thankfully, the leaning is to the Left.

This time of year is almost always weird for me. So it’s not a surprise or anything. I’m just really aware of it now.

I’m listening to opera almost exclusively at the moment. Anything by Mozart will do. I’m re-reading. I’m waxing and waning. I’m kind of drifting towards Christmas in a bit of a daze.

My attention is scattered. I realize I probably seem distant.

I’m thinking about this year and wondering about next year, and generally keeping it all pretty close for now.

But this weekend I will be exactly where I want to be and with almost all of the people I want to be with. And I will eat copious handfulls of Chex Mix and drink too much and sing loudly and make my nephew laugh as much as possible.

I will call most of you on the phone at one point or another (probably after I’ve had too much to drink) and tell you how much I love you (because I do).

And I will once again throw open the sash with Scrooge on Christmas morning and rejoice in the knowlege that the spirits really can do it all in one night–oh yes they can.