Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. - Cyril Connolly
Monday, December 26, 2005
Marry Kreesmiz Leenda!
At about 9:00 AM on Christmas morning, my cell phone went off. I only heard it just as it was going to voice mail because I was out in the kitchen getting the first cup of Christmas Day coffee.
I absently dialed my voice mail, and after picking up Christmas greetings I had missed on Christmas Eve from a friend in London and my friend Mark, I suddenly hear: "Leenda!! This eez Sergei calling from Vladivostok, Russia! Marry Kreesmiz u С Новым годом!! (and Happy New Near!)" He went on to wish me and my family a happy holiday season in Russian and then said "OK, bye-bye!!".
It was the cutest thing ever. He still had my cell phone number programmed into his phone from his trip to visit Baltimore back in October. By my count, if it was 9:00 AM on Christmas morning here, it must have been about midnight in Vladivostok, and Sergei was probably saying "За ваше здоровье!" a lot whilst trying to achieve this feat, which, while keeping you "sober", may be worse than the resulting hangover had you not followed the "instructions".
Anyway, hope you and yours had a wonderful day yesterday - we did!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Leeeeenda.