Hmm...so that was a pretty...uh...eh...non-special Christmas, in some way. A brief synopsis of the day: Started with the ending of a gathering at the Waterloo branch of the MYF hotel. Brought Aaron and Grace home, and brought myself home. Slept until 6. Played Lemmings, solved two. Back to sleep. Woken up by a phone (not surprisingly...) at 10.5. Clean myself and head to "the hotel." Pseudo-hot-pot lunch. Read and nap. Watched brief moments of Paul's hair-trimming process. Went home to check the non-existent phone message at 2. Had a chat on icq. Back to the hotel at 2.5. Played the longest game of Millionaire ever, with Paul. Went home yet again at 5. Nap until 7. Chat with Aaron and Francis. Played some more old Lemmings. Back to the hotel at 8. Played a half game of Trivial Pursuit. Visit Roger and Thian-Peng en masse. Finally home at around 12. Ok, this is probably the boringest post ever, but I just want to have a record of what went on during Christmas time.

Oh, I should mention that it is a slightly-white Christmas for Waterloo. There was light snow right from the start of the day, and continues intermittently throughout the day. It was quite lovely. But why is a white Christmas so significant? I have no clue... Update: Christmas temperatures: -2.7 to -0.5.

The book Authentic Faith by Gary Thomas is really helpful. Read about patience today. Boy, that was hard to swallow. Based on my reading of three chapters, I highly recommend any experienced Christians to read it.

Tomorrow: bring the fearsome foursome to airport.
Saturday: bring the gang to Niagara Falls.
Sunday: bring the faithful ones to church.
Monday: bring mesister to the airport, and then bring Francis to PacMall. Boy is it going to be exciting...
Tuesday: bring Francis, Eugene, or Hansel to wherever they want, then finally bring the fearsome foursome back to Waterloo.
Full schedule, eh?