First Weekend of 2026

Saturday morning I sat with my coffee and admired the tree one last time before taking it and the rest of the Christmas decorations down.

We usually always do it on the 1st but didn’t quite get around to it this year. After spending most of the day taking down Christmas and putting the house back together, we went to the neighborhood Irish pub for dinner and to watch the Seahawks-49ers game (we don’t have cable so can only watch the games that are on Peacock or Prime). The Hawks won, securing the #1 seed and the NFC West title. Whoo-hoo!

Today (Sunday) we went to church, then I did some meal planning and laundry. I tried to take a nap but I have a bad hip and couldn't get comfortable.

Back to reality tomorrow. I haven't been off the entire time but I have worked somewhat sporadically since Christmas Eve, so tomorrow will be the start of the first normal work week in awhile.

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