Get to work son

Dear Diary,

I guess I have jet lag since I woke up at 6:30 this morning despite being so tired. I tired to go back to sleep, but it was no use.

Not to worry though, my father put my early rise to use. First, we put together some equipment in the garage and then we hung some Christmas lights outside.


My dad told me that their new neighborhood has a reputation of always having wonderful Christmas light displays. In fact, it's so well known, people actually take bus tours to see it.

Although I never really liked going out with the family to look at Christmas lights when I was a kid, it's good to know that people still do that. It's easy to look around at the state of the world and think that nothing is the same as when you were growing up, but it's nice to see some old traditions still remain.

Speaking of traditions, it was good to have a home cooked meal and then promptly fall asleep on the sofa!

I remain respectfully yours,
Stephen