All things considered it’s been a nice Christmas. Last night I attended a Christmas Eve service here on base. It was nice and small. Just reading the Christmas story and singing carols. Then a bunch of us watched Chevy Chases’ “Christmas Vacation” in the wardroom. On Monday and Wednesday night the junior officers (JO) have to pick a movie for watching. It was somewhat funny because the first one to pick was a Coast Guard Lieutenant and he picked “The Guardian”. A bunch of us watched it and were making jokes about how it compared to “Officer and a Gentleman” or “Top Gun”. So Wednesday night rolls around and the next JO (a Navy Ensign) picked “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, which is not exactly a joyous feel good movie for Christmas Eve. Our Deputy (2nd in command) stepped in and said it had to be a Christmas movie, which is how we ended up with “A Christmas Vacation”.
So today being Christmas it is more relaxed schedule. We still stand all the watches, but just don’t schedule any meetings. Which for an officer is the biggest drain on my time, meetings. I was going to catch up on a lot of admin, till the sickness hit. So I’ve taken lot’s of naps, drank lots of water and ate breakfast and lunch. Dinner is in about another hour. I’m trying to go near the end so I’m not sitting near someone and potentially getting them sick.
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