22 December 2023

We’ve finally made it to the last weekday before Christmas. All I want for Christmas is sleep, it will be exciting to take in Christmas through my baby’s eyes. She bursts out laughing in the car and dinner table, so Christmas should get some reaction. Some of the presents I got are big foam shapes, we have some already, and a large gym mat for tumbling. My plan is on Christmas eve to pack up all the baby toys and turned the play area into a soft jungle gym, she loves to climb and roll. Then my Army buddies will be visiting which will be a tornado on it’s own. They might be helping a lot with cleaning up my house which would be good, even if we lay around playing video games that would be good rest. At some point I promised the neighbor I’d bring the baby over to see Christmas lights, he also has an M1 Garand I wouldn’t mind seeing again before I leave. People make strange connections with weapons of the past, history in general is an interesting relationship since at the end of the day history is just a story. The separation between history and fiction would be as much evidence as can be gathered, even then I see it as a story unless the events happened to that person in which case it’s not history but their life events. The present won’t know what events will be labeled historic in the future and in my lifetime I’ve witness historic events removed like Columbus day only to then realize judging the past with modern standards makes no sense. Maybe Columbus day will come back someday, I reject any policy that gives people less holidays in a year, to most people holidays are a day without work and that is worth celebrating.