davy crockett

well. i had a fantastic christmas with my family. part of me is disappointed that it'll be a whole year before the next one.

joelle was my little buddy who followed me everywhere i went. i slept in her room on a mattress on the floor and woke each morning to the sound of a little voice saying "auntie lesley...." it was really sweet, i had a really fun time with her and caleb. i'm not a huge baby person. i like babies, i think they're really beautiful and amazing, but i'm not the sort of person who will ask to hold them or anything. i kind of feel like joelle is fully into kidhood now and i can play with her and spend time with her in a tangible way. and my relationship with caleb is starting to develop too (it's harder when we're surrounded by a group of grown-ups who are all equally wanting him to sit on their lap. so i feel like i'm finally getting some one-on-one time with him).

we all got along very well, and i had ample opportunity to practice my new "no-gossiping and no-negative" talk policy. it was quite difficult at first but i'm getting the hang of either finding something positive to say instead of something negative, or simply keeping my comments to myself. it's quite refreshing and i feel like a lighter person.

i went to a duck potluck at irina's place tonight. i'd never had duck before. it was a really fun time, and the funny thing is that we all knew one another separately from different places. kingston is crazy tight-knit, it's not even 6 degrees of separation here, it's more like 3, sometimes 2. some people (i.e. melinda. oh, is it gossipy of me to name-drop in this instance?) HATE how inter-twined ktown is, but i love it. it's impossible to meet someone and not be able to find something/someone you have in common. it makes conversation so much easier. anyway, we "watched" flash dance" although that's debatable whether or not i can say that we watched it since we all made various comments right thru it. then we played "apples & apples" which is really quite a fun game. i haven't been much of a game person in the past, but i blame that on my lack of association with game lovers. i'd be up for more game playing in the future.

well i should go. it's 2 am, and so it's nearing my holiday bedtime. until next time... stay fit and have fun.

forget your name,
forget your fear.