I'm with my younger sister and her family. We had a lot of fun yesterday. Some of us wanted to sleep in, but some other family relatives were simply too excited to let us sleep past 7 in the morning.
So I trotted into the kitchen and prepared coffee. My brother in law left to go get his mother, who lives 15 minutes away. A short time later, she arrived and I asked her if she would like coffee. She happily accepted and I prepared two very strong cups of Columbian coffee for us.
As the kids excitedly opened their Christmas presents and chattered on, I sliced up some Italian sweetbread, cinnamon coffee cake, and put out some dried fruit on a plate, and brought that into the living room and passed the plate around.
It was definitely a noisy Christmas gathering. We all had attended Christmas Eve services the previous night and the adults were in bed by 1:30 AM after last minute Christmas preparations. It was a treat for me to hear familar Christmas hymns out of both ears. It felt more like Thanksgiving to me than Christmas. I am just so thankful to be hearing out of both ears.
Friends came over for dessert and a word game that was hysterically funny to play. I had to quit the game after a while because I was getting tired after a long festive day. I went to bed by 11 PM, only to joyfully be awakened by a black and white bundle of fur who insisted I get up and entertain her. The puppy was relentless.
Today has been cold and rainy. At times it was heavy. I could hear the rain coming down. I spent most of the morning trying to entertain a stir-crazy 10 month old border collie named Nellie. I could hear her playful growl as we played tug of war with a tennis ball and and a rubber squeaky bone. When Nellie figured out that she wasn't going outside anytime soon, she settled down somewhat. Nellie is funny, though. She is the perfect family dog for five very energetic nieces and nephews.
My brother in law, five of my nieces and nephews have been playing with a new family gift -a computerized entertainment game. It has been a noisy day. My sister took an extra shift at work for a veterinarian who had a death in the family December 22nd.
My sister just walked in. More hearing adventures later.
What a blessing to have bionic ears!
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