I’m not going to make my travel-apprehensive mother come to Vancouver in this weather. I’ve left a message at her house and will call her after she’s off work, but Chrismas is effectively cancelled .. as least as far as my mom is concerned. I have a feeling she’s going to be very happy about this, as she didn’t want to come anyway (let alone in the worst winter weather BC has seen since ’96). Her bus ticket is good for a year, so we’ll get her to come out to North Van when all the snow goes away. She’ll be happier, I’ll keep my sanity, and we have a great deal of egg nog in the house. It sucks, but it’s also the smart thing to do.

I hope everyone is safe and warm and happy, regardless of your celebratory status. As for Ed and I, we’re going to hang out with the cats, watch some terrible movies, play some video games, and have ourselves a merry little christmas all by ourselves. Did I mention there is a lot of nog in the house? Oh yes. Rum, too. There will be noggin’.

Merry everything, everyone!