Thursday Christmas . . .

in lieu of more Christmas music, I am listening to cutting crew. classic! our packages from the midwest arrived safe and sound. the mailman hand-delivered all three since we had trouble with the box key yesterday. we also received a card and letter from a friend and original art from her daughter. wonderful!
nick was home by 12:30 today and his 11 day break begins.
we went shopping for all necessary holiday ingredients and updated our finances. around 8p, I said, "will you play a game with me?"
"what game?"
"trivial pursuit?"
i looked in the closet. we don't have trivial pursuit.
"rummikub?"
"i could play rummikub."
i won the first game quickly and easily.
nick said, "if i win the next game, we go to powell's."
he won!
so, at 9:30p we drove over and found books to envelop us for an hour. i told him i was hungry and we left, making our way to a neighborhood restaurant to eat cajun tots. $2! we played another game there, wiping grease and spice off our fingers before each turn. i love this holiday!