Emotions tend to run both high and low at this time of year. And today has been a day of shifting emotions for me.

Started off with trying to get all the Christmas decorating finished up in order to get the storage crates out of the living room and back into the garage. Mostly this was stressful since I’m trying to make things look very Christmasy without using a lot of things that I would normally use because of the kittens. I guess things turned out ok, but it’s not quite the same.

Then came the emotional high. The LA Episcopal Diocese elected an openly gay woman bishop today! I was online following the results most of the day as they posted the results of each round of balloting on the diocese’s website. It wasn’t until mid-afternoon (and 7 ballots) that they finally got a majority. Bishop-elect Glasspool has been in a committed relationship with her partner for 18 years and seems to be a very good choice. It will no doubt be the talk of the office at work on Monday. Very exciting…and a bit of a letdown for since I know one of the candidates who came in third, and not really close in the balloting. No doubt she is disappointed and it will be rough seeing her and knowing how she must feel.

And then a real downer as Soula posted a note on Facebook that their dog, Hannah, had to have emergency surgery today to repair a problem resulting from her tail being amputated last year. Hannah is paralyzed from her midsection on back and thus can’t tell when she is damaging the area where her tail was amputated. Having been through unexpected vet bills at this time of year, I feel very saddened that Kevin and Soula have to deal with Hannah’s problems as well as the monetary costs just before Christmas.

And finally, some good and warm and nice Christmas feelings as I watched White Christmas for the upteenth time. Only this time I had two little black kittens snuggling on my lap while I watched. I’ll never tire of this movie and it was nice to watch it while loving on the kittens.

So the inside of my house is all decorated for Christmas and I’m going to bed feeling nice and sentimental with mostly good thoughts running through my head. The weather is cold and it’s supposed to rain starting tomorrow night. Seems like the right kind of weather for early December. Perhaps I’ll start the first batch of cookies tomorrow. That will make up for the decorations not being exactly the same as in the past.