holiday frenzy

Lazlo Hollyfeld: How did you do?
Chris Knight: I passed... then I failed!
Lazlo Hollyfeld: Then I'm happy... and sad for you.
    -- from the movie Real Genius

In the spirit of Lazlo, my holiday week was relaxing... and exhausting. Lisa, Ian, and I went to my folks' place for December 24th. We returned on the 25th for our immediate family Christmas. On the 26th, we took Lisa to the airport at 4:00AM for her medical mission trip to Mexico. Ian and I returned to my parents' place later that day and spent time there until Wednesday. While there, I went with my sisters to check out the new Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines and ate at Joe's Crab Shack. Jordan Creek is expansive and nice, not to mention they have an Apple Store!

I saw more movies in my time off than I have all year long. I took in Meet the Fockers, Napoleon Dynamite, Bourne Supremacy, and Hero. Napolean Dynamite found a special place in my heart. Moon boots, social awkwardness, great catchphrases... it's a cult classic in the making.

I was actually productive too. Upon returning with Ian to our decimated domicile on Wednesday, I cleaned our house in ways it had never been cleaned before. In be more accurate, I cleaned the house, Ian un-cleaned it, I cleaned it again, Ian un-cleaned it again, and this cycle repeated two or three more times. :-) The end result was a very surprised wife when Lisa returned home on Sunday evening.