My glittering, twinkling home is all adorned with the makings of a very merry Christmas, at last. What a relief to have this over and done with. I reckon everybody else feels the same way about the Georgia game last night. It went into 8 overtimes!!! I don’t have anybody close to me anymore that’s really into football, so I was spared staying up past midnight. The Smoky Bears are also headed to State, so Sevierville alumni are over the moon. I was thinking I haven’t even bothered keeping up with Eagle football since I graduated. I think I went to part of one homecoming game just to see some old friends cheer. But I just don’t have the school spirit I see ingrained in other people my age. I don’t think I’d give two hoots if Seymour went to State. But good for the people who are excited about the Bears. And, fun fact: this is the 100th year of the Bears. Team 75 also went to State and won, so it’s pretty cool the numbers are falling like that. I’ll be surprised if they don’t take the title, with all the fandom surrounding it.

Anyway, the tree. Good grief. After I got all the decorations on I realized I really should have made more effort with the lights, but that would have entailed going to the store and buying some, and lets get real. I ain’t going ANYWHERE this weekend. I thought I might go to John Alan’s tomorrow, but I b’lieve I’m gonna lay right here and be a slug. I need to help Aunt Bren get all her stuff up and out, plus deal with her big closet, so I may end up working again tomorrow. Such is life. At least I enjoy it. And the overall effect is nice once it’s complete. I don’t have the wherewithal to put up the mermaid tree this year. And so that means I won’t bother with Mardi Gras, either. But maybe that just means I’ll have more room in the dining room than usual and I need to host my own little shindig. I sure did have fun being crafty with some friends year before last. Even if we did make a colossal mess!!

Love from Appalachia,
~Amy