Happy 2010!  Can you believe it?  The year flew by and this past week was certainly no exception.  As always, I had grand plans for the many things I would get done during my week off between Christmas and New Year’s and, as always, my actual productivity fell far short of the mark.  But that’s not to say it was a bad week by any means.

My wife and I both worked right up through Christmas Eve, then loaded all of our presents into my sleigh Jetta and headed up to Delaware for a weekend with the family.  We had plenty of activities to keep us busy, church with Pop-pop, big dinners at my parents’ houses, air hockey with Lauren, ping pong and a movie with Fitz, and spending lots of quality time hanging out with my sister.  We ate tons of good food (and what good is a holiday without that?) and got lots of fun presents.  I’m quite excited about my new Flyers jersey from Nana and Skimble (my wife lent them the money), Star Wars DVDs from Mom and Randy (how did I not own these already?), and a big tin of loose tea from Jen that smells amazing, among other things.  Dad and Jackie bought mini-marshmallow crossbows for my stepbrothers and I, which resulted in an all-out war in the living room.  They’ll be finding mini-marshmallows in that house for months.

On Monday, we drove back to Maryland to enjoy a relaxing weekend at home.  We had plenty to do there too, movies to catch up on, Maryland women’s basketball games, dinner with friends to celebrate their engagement, New Year’s festivities, and Dad, Jackie and Jen came down to watch the Flyers play in the NHL Winter Classic and go see the Christmas trees at the Capitol and White House.  I also snuck in a second trip up home to work on the bimmer, although it was too cold to really do much.

Before we knew it, the week was over and it’s time to get back to work.  I might not have gotten to everything on my to-do list, like rock climbing, playing video games, or working on fun new things for Rocket Trombone (there were some serious chores too!), but it was an excellent week nonetheless.  As always , I hope you had time to relax and enjoy some good company and good food.  Happy New Year!