On Winter Break

When you hear the phrase “two weeks off” it sounds like infinite possibilities, endless time, and opportunity galore. Will I finally re-organize the closet? Can I get those donations out of the bedroom? How many friends can I see and how many boardgames can we play? I can guarantee that next to none of that gets accomplished, largely because a holiday is smack dab in the middle of everything and societal norms dictate that some of that time is spent differently. There’s family to see, gifts to give, cookies to bake, books to read, blog posts to make… None of these are bad things, but they do take time. Meaning all of a sudden those two weeks breeze by in a blink. I’ve only barely started a book, I haven’t organized a damn thing, and our home is continually not as clean as I’d prefer (but it is clean enough - I’m just a perfectionist). Now there’s four days left in the break, with two of them partially occupied by socializing, making our wedding album, and gearing up for the week ahead. At this point, I’m feeling somewhat refreshed and ready to go back, though I’ll always say that it wasn’t enough time off.

P.S. We did manage to finish another show: Fallout (the series) on Amazon Prime. I rather liked it. The show accomplished a lot in a little amount of time, especially if a viewer is going into it blind or with minimal knowledge of the game series. There are great easter eggs and world-related hints that savvy game-players may pick up on, but it’s just extra flavor to the world if you don’t. Without saying too much, it does differ in one key way from the video game cannon, but I see this as a necessary change in today’s climate and makes some factions even more sinister. It’s a weird dinner-watch considering it’s so gory, but we’ve watched ickier while eating. I’d give it a 4/5 and recommend to anyone who likes action/adventure, gore, or post-apocalyptic stories.

-G