Turns out the cleaning
was worth it... as was the visit from John's son and daughter-in-law. A good time was had, and we got Forest and Karen better acquainted with things iPod over the course of Saturday night, to boot.
Got a nice bunch of Christmas gifts from John... the most appreciated of the bunch being a little day trip to Milwaukee (
OK, technically Wauwatosa - still in Milwaukee County and the 414 area code, so why quibble?) to see
Dreamgirls (
since it won't be coming to Madison until sometime in January, most likely). I was crying and finger-snapping and all that... and, for a few minutes, I actually kinda
liked Beyoncé - that said, Jennifer Hudson
and Eddie Murphy used B's weaves the way most folks use a mop. Not a perfect story, but not a bad one either - and the music had its mind-blowing moments.
After the movie, we stopped at my friend Dale's in Madison on the way home. Christmas Day also happens to be his boyfriend Nick's birthday, and they usually have a nice little dinner party and invite bear folk, Nick's bandmates, et al. This year was no exception, and I look forward to hanging out with them again on New Year's Eve.
As for today, I worked out a little, then I gave John good sex. Other than that, a pleasant, low-key, three-beer day off from work.