Merry Christmas, everyone
The family's all home for Christmas again, having survived the ravages of our two day snow storm last weekend. Nowhere near as bad as the forecast, of course, but it still dumped 6 inches on us meaning we were snowed in for a day and Sam decided to spend an extra night in High Point rather than run the gauntlet of people on I-40 who think the best way to drive in snow is to go as fast as possible. It's been a year of major and minor changes - I managed to retire rather more completely than I had intended (ie nobody wants my computer experience any more which is sobering. Buggy whips,anyone?) I've kept busy-ish tutoring math students at Carolina Day and Asheville High and hope to do the same next year but I really need a student or two who realises they need help earlier than 3 weeks before the final exam. The election was a great experience, too. The pay isn't great - about $12 an hour - but that's better than working in retail or fast food in many ways....