Visions of ... Well

 Suzanne's cookie post, along with Nicole's comment about her boys decorating gingerbread cookies, happily reminded me of Eve's cookie-decorating sessions in years past - she might actually be home early enough to do another one this year! When she gets home on the 22nd it doesn't leave a lot of time.

She's writing her last exam... huh, right now maybe, and she's been a little punchy in the last couple of 
Facetimes. "I just want to sit on my bed in my room decorated with little lights and do a CRAFT, I want to do a CRAFT, I don't care about viruses anymore!" "The Arts and Science department asked Dr. Clark to post an encouraging message for us before exams, and do you know what he said? 'Study hard, good luck'? No. 'It's about the learning, not the marks?' No. He said 'you are marvellous, the gods are waiting to delight in you.' What the heck. Isn't that pervy? I don't want to be delighted in. They're gods, they're my superiors, that's a boundary I don't want to cross."

I think this was the first time I posted about her decorating cookies - Matt was also away for a long stretch before Christmas that year. I had kids to shepherd and it was just before Angus was driving, so it was a lot, although my hands worked more reliably, so there was that. 

This was the next year, which I found very enjoyable. I know there was at least one more session, because I remember her making the Abominable Snowman from the Rudolph Christmas special, but I can't find it. 

Tonight Matt's picking her up and taking her to my brother-in-law's house for a mini-family-Christmas thing, and I am jealous, because I love Jeremy and Laura and the kids and Matt's aunt and her husband who I also adore are going to be there and Eve is going to meet Matt's long-lost sister before I do, and long-lost sister is going to see Eve before I do, and it's all awesome but I have FOMO (is everyone up-to-date on the long lost sister situation? I feel like I must have talked about it, but maybe not?)

Update: Eve has met two long-lost cousins also, and they are all very nice but it is extremely trippy. 

I haven't felt up to wrapping or baking yet, but yesterday I read on the couch with classical music on on the basis of fake-serenity-until-you-make-it. Then I cleaned out the tupperware cupboard so when I start needing tupperware for cookies it won't all fall out and make me cry, and then I put pictures into the collage frame I'm giving a friend. And I walked Lucy and it was cold as balls but pretty. Right now I have gingerbread cookies baking and I'm watching scary movies. Scary Christmas movies, because I am weird but in a seasonally appropriate way.