the holiday

I'm back with bags unpacked, laundry running, and gifts put away. Being back alone in a big house is a little unsettling and a little calming. I have my supply of scented lotion for the year, a little cash to buy clothes, and the multi-use girl tool. For the past three or four years my parents have given me the same type of multi-use tools. They have little handles where various screw-driver heads can be attached. There's also a tiny hammer with flowers on it. I imagine they either think I'm very handy and suddenly as a non-homeowner have a lot to fix, or they get a sense of security in arming me with these tiny tools. The only handy task I've accomplished this winter has been changing a lightbulb. I pretty much tackled that one bare-handed.