Nerdy Thoughts

December has flown very quickly for me and I cannot believe next Saturday is Christmas eve. I honestly thought I'd post more this month but it feels like I always overestimate how much I'll post each month.

December rundown

Dec 4th - I went to a knitting night at our local cat cafe which was nice. The cats weren't too active because they were tired but the folks were nice and we had a few good laughs. I'm hoping they'll have more in 2023 since the only other knitting group I know of that regularly meets tends to get together at 2pm and is geared more toward seniors.

Dec 8th - Our fundraising committee at the library decided to have a small Christmas market fundraiser. I'm not on the committee anymore (I left back in 2018) but I offered to help out with one of the tables when a member was too sick to stay and man her table. It was okay, we made about $800 which is pretty good considering it seemed to be a bit of a last-minute fundraiser. For my troubles, I ended up catching the flu from the other person I filled in 🤒 I was so feverish and so annoyed because I had plans to see friends that weekend but I did the smart thing and stayed home.

Luckily it wasn't Covid, I tested negative and after my fever went away a couple of days later I was back to normal. I only had to take one sick day and stay home on the weekend. On the plus side, I did finally finish decorating our Christmas tree. I normally go for a lot of colour but this year decided to just stick with white, gold, and silver ornaments because I had that old song 'Silver and Gold' stuck in my head while I was decorating. I'm happy with how it turned out:



Dec 14th - Went out for our department Christmas lunch at Clancy's, a hotel restaurant. The food was okay, pretty much the usual fish & chips, burgers, and turkey dinners kind of place but they gave our group a private dining room which was really nice. It was also good to catch up with some of the retirees I hadn't seen in a few years thanks to Covid.

Dec 18th - Made up for missing plans with my friends the previous weekend by meeting up this weekend for sushi. It was good to see them but one of my friends was feeling crampy and I was in a blue mood so it was a bit more subdued.

I'm going to catch up on comments & posts this week but I hope everyone's December has been going well so far!

So, the last half month has been super hectic and stressful, particularly in terms of work. I was in a flunk for a while, which always results in me being withdrawn online and offline for the most part. I’m happy to report things have gotten better though. I finally got through a pile of difficult work that was sitting on my desk for a while, thanks to finally getting some written instructions at work. Recap, we’re all still adjusting to our new library system with ExLibris Alma which has been....an adventure to say the very least in a positive way.

So yeah, now that work is bearable...dare I say even enjoyable... life has improved. We’re all in the swing of Christmas spirit both at work and at home. John and I didn’t bother with a full size tree since a) no space and b) we’re both going to our own families for Christmas but we did put up a Charlie Brown Christmas tree and we made a wreath for our door:


Anyway, sorry for not being around much the last two weeks. Hoping that now that work is better I’ll be able to be on more and catch up. If I’ve missed anything major I do apologize for not commenting. It’s not for lack of caring, it’s just that I’ve been caught up in my own flunk the last little while. I do think about my friends list and I’m hoping you’re all well.