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January 09, 2005
Closing out the Season
The morning began with packing up Christmas. The roll out starts Thanksgiving weekend and usually takes a few weeks before every decoration is hung, the tree bought and decorated and so on. But, packing it all up took just a few hours. The tree is at the curb awaiting the town collection, the five red and green storage boxes are back in the basement and the icicle lights came off the front of the house.
The trappings of Christmas are gone and our minds have turned to other matters. As I packed things up, though, I thought about the season, how nice and relaxed it was, and do hope to be able to carry that spirit with me a while longer.
And that will be challenge since this week we hit the ground running. First, it was my first five day work week since mid-November so it felt long. Second, atop the normal work and home stuff, there were obligations. Monday was the monthly Democratic Town Committee meeting, Tuesday was the Alumni Career Dinner (see previous entries for thoughts), Thursday was a planning meeting for Binghamton University’s reunion weekend in October and Friday was the semi-annual visit to the Dentist. All perfectly natural activities just clustered to get the New Year off to a fast start. Saturday, the usual running around got squeezed in so we could attend the final holiday party at my brother-in-law’s house. It was nice seeing in-laws, significant others, nieces and nephews. The theme was Hawaiian which turned out better than one might expect. Lots of good food, too.
With weather reports indicating unseasonably nice weather later in the week, it hardly feels like the holiday season is just behind us but months past. I hear it’ll be near 60 later in the week. Milder weather and the football playoffs make me think of, of course, Spring Training.
As I sit here, finally getting to my desk after packing up Christmas, working out and doing laundry, I’m greeted with the ESPN.com report that Carlos Beltran and the New York Mets have agreed to a seven year $119 million deal. Sounds high to me and after the seven year piazza deal fizzled, I’m a little leery about the length of the deal, but it does mean the Mets can build around a marquee player. (I can only imagine how high he’ll go in the Federal League auction come April 9.)
Posted by Bob Greenberger at January 9, 2005 05:12 PM
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