Washington state is getting hammered. This is one of the bigger winter storms in years, and it’s left the good folks to our north in a state of emergency. While we’ve been gray and chilly all day, it’s nothing even approaching bad weather. However, there is this lingering promise of rain, and maybe hail, tonight.
However, this is also the night that Jodi and I head to the city for our annual visit to the War Memorial Opera House. Each year, the San Francisco Ballet puts on “The Nutcracker”. Jodi and I share a love for Tchaichovsky, and the SF production of this ballet is usually specutacular. They alo pad the experience with chocolates, wine, and performances outside the opera hall. It’s a phenomenal experience, and a great excuse to put on nice clothes and step out of our ragged physicist existence.
We’ve also been exchanging Christmas presents ahead of our long travels during the holidays. We always alternate Christmas/New Year with our families. This year, we’re heading to Connecticut for Christmas (yes . . . that’s right: “Christmas in Connecticut”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037595/). We can’t afford to carry our personal presents all the way across the continent, so when Jodi returned from Minnesota late last night we tore into the presents under our tree. It’s a lot of fun to have some ceremony a little ahead of the actual holiday.
What’s more, wer’e both a little tired. This has been a long year – a lot of traveling, a lot of sacrifice, a lot of hard work – and we’re looking forward to this holiday. Batteries need charging!
