Well, sloth anyways. It’s the day after Boxing Day (and watching nearly eight hours of football) and it’s hard to get the couch removed from my arse. The holidays – no schedule, no plans, no problem. Feet up, scotch down. Life is good.
To be honest, I haven’t had too much in the way of Christmas spirit (the NLC kind anyway) but have over indulged in the food department. Who hasn’t? This past week included consecutive days of the “Big Breakfast”. I normally eat a healthy meal before heading out the door in the morning – whole wheat bread or bagel with low fat cream cheese, high fibre cereal with skim milk, protein shake or egg white omelette (depending on time) and a good cup of coffee – black. But this week – being Christmas and all - breakfast was been decidedly different. Bacon, bologna, hash browns, sausage, beans, scrambled eggs, home made bread with home made jam and of course, toutons with molasses have been the order of the day. Add the usual Christmas fare of turkey dinners, leftovers and last night’s homemade Chinese food and, well, you get the picture.
But the meals have a down side too. I don’t usually eat greasy food – I can’t remember the last time I had any type of fast food or take out - and the gastronomical bonanza has had some less than desirable side effects. I’ll leave it at that.
Tonight, its pan-fried cod with scrunchions and home made fries. Tomorrow, a defibrillator. Or at least a cholesterol check.
In the meantime, I have started reading Nevin Martell’s Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip. Calvin and Hobbes, along with Gary Larson’s The Far Side, are my two favourite comic strips, both of which are no longer published of course. But what’s Christmas without a Far Side desk calendar. And yes, I got one. I’m also trying to squeeze in a movie or two and have started watching Pacific on HBO. This being lazy takes an awful lot of work.
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