Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

On Saturday Nefarious and I went skating, the first time we’ve gone this year. The temperature was wonderful down at Harborfront, just cold enough to keep the ice frozen, and I could have stayed all day. Being rusty, we had a particularly nasty fall at the beginning in which Nefarious fell right in front of me and to avoid running her over with my freshly sharpened blades I had to force a particularly unpleasant twisting fall. I didn’t feel it at the time, but later in the day it became obvious that I’d sprained my ankle quite badly and I spent the next couple days hobbling around and finding any escape I could to go prone on the couch (much to her delight, as this meant my co-fallee got to watch far more movies on her laptop than I’d normally allow). It’s almost back to normal now thankfully, although I’m still limping just a little.

It didn’t help that the night of my “injury” the band next door played until midnight. Things had been going so well and everyone had been getting along, but now, boom, all out the window. Sleep is important to me for so many reasons, and I can’t sleep with a “concert” blasting songs I’ve heard over and over through the wall, let alone watch TV to wait it out. Very, very uncool, and since the singer is the building superintendent, who does one even complain to?

This is the last week of school before the Christmas vacation. Nefarious is probably going to visit her mother in LA (although because of the need to deal with BME transitioning to the new year and new software, that may not happen or may be cut short), which gives Caitlin and I the opportunity to go on a vacation as well. We’ll just go to one of the last minute sites and choose whatever strikes our fancy — I have to admit that I far prefer going out of the country for the holidays than a traditional Christmas. Of course, I’ll take any opportunity to find a beach to swim at. If the LA plans change, we’ll take Nefarious along, because she loves to travel as well. When I was a kid flying was hell, and I made copious use of the barf bags, as well as finding the duration miserable. I suppose because Nefarious has grown up making so many long flights (often all on her own), she has no problem with it and flys better than any of us, so she’s always a pleasure to have along on trips. The only problem is that not being able to enter the USA, it cuts out a lot of travel options since so many of the cheap flights route through a US hub… So there’s a good chance that we may go with Cuba again — I was really happy with the resort we stayed at and given the opportunity I’d stay there again. I wouldn’t normally be so repetitive, but the Christmas vacation isn’t meant to be exotic travel, it’s just relaxation. Heck, maybe we’ll do a cruise.