Best Solstice Wishes to the world. It is getting lighter, so I'm assuming that the sun is coming up, despite our failing at staying up all night to keep a fire going. ;-) There is not evidence of the sprinkling of snow that was predicted as a chance occurrence, so you can't prove it one way or the other by me. The Girl, however, appears to be running fine chances of a white Xmas over in Glasgow, however.

We did have a fire in the fireplace, until about 10:00 p.m., and we stayed up until around 11:00, when I was too wiped out to get anything further done in any productive fashion. The Boy and I have wrapped most of the gifts, and I've printed a few more cards & notes. I have three more packages that stand a good chance of getting into the mail today; good thing nothing is critical to arrive before Thursday. (I'm major behind now because the printer FAILED on me last week; amazingly enough up until that point, I was actually going to get everything out on time for once!). The Boy and I also made it out to get a tree, which is still sitting in the car at this moment. (Oh. Good thought. If I'm going to make a run out for a last minute acquisition for the Darling Husband, I probably want to do something about removing the tree first....) DH is still skeptical that we'll be able to pull a tree off, but it is in work. I'm still hoping to clear several 'piles' from various points in the living room, as well, as part of the process. (This *may* be just an example of Hope Springs Eternal, however. But it's on the list.)

Of course, staying up as late as I did has significantly impacted the recovery that I had been making from an early incident of too little sleep earlier in the week. I tend to lose my voice, and had successfully backed off from that precipice up until yesterday. We'll see what today and tomorrow bring; I'm back to breathing my essential oils and drinking my herb teas with my fingers crossed (which is a good way to spill your tea). Tonight is dinner & Zoolights with friends, which means another late-ish night, although not nearly as late as last night. Tomorrow, I'll sleep in, for sure... at least to the extend that the Yar cat lets me. Maybe if I put the catfood out the night before.... ;-)