While most people were spending the day with their families, I spent the day alone. It was my choice. I did some of the things I enjoy doing. I watched several holiday movies that give me that warm feeling I remember from my childhood. Some of the movies I discovered in recent years and aren't necessarily from my childhood but give me a nice warm feeling. The movies I watched today were Christmas In Connecticut, Meet Me In St. Louis, Holiday Inn, and Shop Around The Corner. These movies weren't actually on TV today. I taped them last night while I was out. I went out on Christmas Eve with David and Ken. We went to Annies downtown for dinner and then upstairs to Windows for drinks. There weren't many people there so we went over to JR's. There was very little eye candy so we went back to Windows for a drink and then onto Cobalt. David and I had a HUGE laugh in the bathroom there. It was a very fun evening. Ken and David know how to cheer me up and make me feel better. Also, on the ride to DC, David gave me a present. He gave me the iTrip. It lets me play my iPod through a radio. It's the coolest little device. It was the only present I received this year. Thank you David, I love ya!

After watching one movie this morning I decided not to lay around all day watching movies. Besides being very cold, it was a beautiful day. The sky was clear and the sun was out. I wanted to go out somewhere. I decided on going to Turkey Run Park to take a hike and to take some photos. It's only about a 20 minute drive. There were very few people there. I had not been there before so I drove around and found several parking lots with different trails to hike on. I went to each one actually and walked around looking for the best trail. At each spot I took a few pictures. At the last lot I took a longer walk that took me down to the Potomac River. It was quite a climb down and back up a rather steep incline. I was out of breath by the time I got back to the top. I think I got a few good photos. While I was there driving from one lot to the next, I noticed several cars with men in them. They were also driving from lot to lot looking at the other guys in the cars. It wasn't until I was leaving the last lot that I realized what was happening. These guys were cruising for sex. I was a little shocked because it was Christmas Day. I didn't actually see any sex or any of them getting in each other's cars but I knew that's what they were there for. None of them were out hiking the trails or looking at the nature.

Since I'm creating my own traditions for the holidays, I think I'll make going some place to take pictures each year on Christmas Day will become one of my traditions. I haven't taken a hike in awhile and I haven't taken nature pictures in awhile. I had a good time and it felt good getting out into the cold weather on such a nice day.