Other than zipping out in the middle of the day to get comic books and a haircut, today has been all about editing government shutdown documents, and answering legal questions about the same. It took them until early evening, but the Congresscritters over on the Hill finally got their Act(s) together this evening and passed another short term extension through Sunday, so they can finalize the larger, full-year appropriations. So, crisis averted at the 11th hour, but now they have to finish the larger work.

So I was monitoring my work phone and leaving the work laptop up and running earlier this evening. Which I suspected would happen, so there was zero guilt over running errands in the middle of the day (plus it got us out of the housekeeper's hair while she cleaned). Plus if I had to look at my lack of haircut in one more video call I think I might have screamed (on mute, of course). I even fielded a call from my old agency, which was good because it was from a colleague who lives here in Hyattsville, so I was able to ask her for a vet recommendation at the end of the call.

We're trying to figure out how we want to spend our Christmas. Each prior year since we started dating was spent with his family, and since that's not happening, we're at something of a loss. There are several movies coming out that day, so I suspect we'll spend some good time doing that. I'm ridiculously excited about Wonder Woman 84, because she's my absolute favorite super hero, hands down, and Patty Jenkins has done an excellent job translating her to the screen. Beyond that? Who knows.