[SunRescue] GeekBoy say "relax" (was ...small country...)

[Tim Harrison]

Bill Bradford wrote:

> the place had been robbed about 5 minutes before (the cops were there
> by this point).

Okay, I can't beat that, but here's how my Christmas eve went.

This is my first Christmas (my family hated one another and never did
such things), so I figured I'd go for a theme for Tara.  She's a very
petite grrl (5', 105lbs), and always complaining that she's cold, so the
theme was "Keep Tara Warm".

I'd already gotten her a fuzzy sweater, and warm fuzzy socks for
"day-wear".  Then came the Victoria's Secret sleepwear, to be prefaced
with the warm bath and the bubble bath.  And, for an evening drink, a
nice bottle of Lagavulin single malt, to be had while holding the
(absolutely adorable) stuffed white bunny I got her.

So, this whole thing would have been complete, except for one,
unbelievably rare thing:  bunny slippers.

I've spent the past month and a half, looking for bunny slippers.  These
things are apparently more rare than the Dodo.  I found Tony The
Tiger[tm] slippers, Pikachu[tm] slippers, Tweety and Sylvester[tm]
slippers, and the occasional pig or hippopotomus slippers.  But no bunny
slippers.  Most of yesterday was spent travelling around to
approximately 15 - 20 stores in our area with a friend in a last ditch
effort to hunt what appears to be an endangered species.

I WILL get the bunny slippers, if I have to make them myself.  Urgh.

And, of course, Tara's very upset because my gift is half in New Jersey,
and half in Texas, stuck in shipping.  So, I won't let her tell me what
I'm getting, and ruin the surprise.

But, aside from the damned rabbit feetwarmers, it was a very enjoyable
first Christmas.  I think we'll do it again sometime next year. :)

Hope you folks are enjoying [insert holiday here].  Now to help prepare
a big dinner for the two of us. :)

Best wishes to all.

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Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison at timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/