Wow. Apparently December has been a busy month. Either that or one during which I didn't particularly feel like writing anything. Am currently in Hanover, wearing Marc Jacobs knit wristbands, sweatpants and a very warm sweater. I got some fleece-lined leggings for Christmas, so it's been those and my sweatpants almost every day. So cozy.

Christmas Eve was crazy. The night before I went to Hugh Jackman's one man show with my brother. It was a 9pm curtain so everyone was a little drunk or crazy or whatever and it was just a wonderful, happy show. And my brother seemed to like it, so that was a bonus. Christmas Eve, we had a train to Providence at 8am, were picked up by our parents and then went to the Patriots-Dolphins fan. The first half was terrible, but they came back to win it in the second half and it ended up being a great game. After the game we headed into Boston to catch up with family friends and go to the Christmas Eve service. We were a little late and missed everything before the sermon, but it was nice to be there as a family and to see old friends. We got home around 11:30 and I retreated into the library to wrap presents with some wine and a turkey sandwich. After all that running around, most of Sunday was spent watching Indiana Jones movies on TV and being lazy.

The plan was to go to Killington during the week, but there's not much snow there and I have a play to write and my dad has a monograph to write, so we stayed here and I've been heading to the library to try to get some peace and quiet (it didn't work yesterday, the East Asian room was filled with international students talking rather loudly). Today I had some important emails to send (which seems like an oxymoron, but the older I get, it's not), tomorrow people begin to arrive for Hanover New Years.

Am two books shy of my goal of reading 50 books before the end of 2011 and about 30 pages into The Marriage Plot. I probably won't finish it by New Years, but I'm still proud of myself. That's a lot of books! A few years ago I compiled my favorites, maybe I'll do that again this year. I've been able to organize my reading thanks to Goodreads (there used to be a Facebook books function, didn't there?) and the New York Public Library's website. I feel bad about not buying books anymore, but when you read 50 a year, it definitely adds up.