In addition to all of the holiday nonsense, Tom and I have two other big events coming up. In January, we are having a big 10th anniversary party, which we refer to as our Living in Sin party. Here’s to ten years of not marrying one another! Let’s shoot for at least ten more! It will be on scale with your average* wedding reception, so there is quite a bit of work to be done.
We are also going to Colorado the first week in February, so I’m sure there will be trips to the sporting goods stores in our future. We pretty much have everything we will need, but extra base layers and a fancy new hat never hurt anyone.
Oh, and I have had some phone trouble. I inherited Tom’s Treo when he upgraded at work. I had been using it for almost two weeks when it met with a tragic accident. Last night I stopped to drop off cash for the upcoming ski trip to my friend Heather. She works for a large hotel in town and, on my way out, I decided to use their very nice restroom with very powerful toilets (foreshadowing) before I headed back out into the cold. I was wearing my jacket and had tucked the phone in one of the pockets. As I was doing a final clothing adjustment before leaving the stall, the auto-flush feature whooshed behind me. I turned just in time to see my phone getting sucked away. Apparently, though I neither felt nor heard this happen, my phone leapt from my coat pocket and tripped the flush sensor. It was gone before I could do a thing about it. Luckily, because I am well aware of my limitations, I carry the full insurance, so the phone will be replaced with very little expense.
* When I say average, I mean average for the real people that I know. I do not mean the average that wedding magazines would lead you to believe. No single item, including the food or the beverages, will require a number of dollars that requires a comma.