Winter Solstice

Well, Sunday was the family party, on the eve of the solstice. This was an odd year. Many of our regulars had problems showing up. Although, it seems a lot of people have been getting some kind of stomach flu lately so it isn’t that surprising. Regardless of the missing people the party turned out quite well in my opinion. The fact that people actually brought real food instead of just cookies was a big contribution to that feeling I think. I might actually go as far as to say this was the best year as far as the food aspect of the party is concerned.

Solstice day was a good time too, although very slow. The sun was going down by the time the family had done breakfast and the very small amount of present exchanging. I spent the night with some of the guys getting some great $5 burgers and a beer. We went bowling afterwards. It seems I was just “on” that night. We played 2 rounds, my first one with a score that tended to be around my average and the second one shattering my previous best score ever. I believe my old best was somewhere near about 135, this one was 205. I opened up the game by getting 5 strikes in a row, it was quite ridiculous. Afterwards we got some shakes and headed home.

All in all it was a great 2 days, and probably the closest to a vacation I will be getting during this winter “break.”