Well, it's Christmas Eve, and the day of the big Christmas dinner. The whole town has off of work for today and tomorrow, and last night was the big town Christmas party. We went up and checked it out, and it looked kind of neat with all the decorations up and everything. I had to go to Station 2 for the night so one of the guys down here could get the night off. Not a big deal, I got down to Willy Field just as they were finishing up dinner, and then 4 of us stayed outside to throw around the Frisbee and a football for a while. It was a bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, and the same will be today.
So today is the big Christmas dinner, and we will be having carved Beef Wellington, Mandarin Orange duck breast (which I saw being grilled yesterday) and Alaskan king crab legs. Yum. We go a slot to eat at 5pm today. At 11 or so I get off work, and head back for brunch, then shower and laundry to clean all the clothes I got from Mom for Christmas. Dinner at 5pm, and then the fire dept reserved the bowling alley from 7-10pm tonight. Tomorrow I don't have to be at work till 11am, and tomorrow afternoon is our fire dept Christmas party (which I still have to get the Secret Santa gift for), where we will be having spaghetti and meatballs and sausage at least (cooked by my roommate), and probably several types of appetizers. Then it is back to work as usual, until Sunday, when we have IceStock, a day of chili cook-offs and concerts by the many bands who get together down here. I'm not working that day, so it'll be pretty cool.
I was woken up this morning by a 130 starting up and a bit of radio traffic. It seems that there is a medevac from the Pole, so one of our medics and the flight nurse were heading out to get the patient. No word on what happened, but they left a while ago and will be back just in time for dinner.
Hope you all have a good day getting ready for the holiday. I'll post again tomorrow and let you know how dinner was today.
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Merry Christmas Jennifer, glad you got my package in time. Aunt Linda, Chris and Hilary will be coming for dinner on Christmas. Today was in the 50's and raining and we are still chopping at the ice in the driveway.
The snow in the yard has gotten so soft. Poor Lizzie is having a hard time walking on it because she keeps falling through and has to use her front legs to get the back one out. I don't want to let her out the front because the driveway is full of salt to melt the ice and that is not good for her. Poor baby.
Enjoy your Christmas dinner.
Love Mom
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