The Good: Spending Christmas with my parents in MD. Web-cam video-conferencing with my sister and brother-in-law in NY, so we could watch my neices and nephew open their presents. Seeing my parents’ faces light up when they opened their presents from me – especially the picture of Anna.
The Bad: Not getting to see my [censored] Anna at all on what I have always considered to be one of the most family-oriented days of the entire year. Having to censor that sentence. Not being able to explain why.
The Ugly: Travelling on Christmas Day. Being delayed over an hour in Louisville on a stop between BWI and St. Louis, sitting on the plane while the engine was undergoing maintenance.