For the record, the sun rose at 10:11 AM and set again at 3:53 PM with the solstice landing at 12:47 PM (Alaska Standard Time). We are now set to regain the light that we have been losing since June. It will be nice when we leave the trend of going to work and arriving back home in the dark.
Today, I worked on small projects. I finished wrapping the presents (that I know of) and then went to Freddy's on two separate occasions: once with Rowen and once with Connor. We usually give them the chance to pick out presents for the other family members, but we usually don't wait this long. Both boys then wrapped the presents that they picked, albeit with a little guidance from me.
I also used my roof shovel to knock snow off of a couple trees that were bending rather precariously. I hope the effort helps them survive the winter. I didn't quite have the will to work on the roofs themselves. However, I did move the StarLink wire so that it is no longer in the path of the roof runoff from the garage or the arctic entryway. Additionally, I spent time liberating the country of Yara from its autocratic dictator Antón Castillo in Far Cry 6 (not so small of a project).
Tomorrow will be the final house cleaning before my BiM BaM (Birthday Marathon of Batman Movies). I plan on starting up Scarlet and pushing some of the snow edges back a bit more for parking purposes. I will make one more run to the store to pick up lunch meat and snacks for the food browsing. Finally, I need to practice with the guitar so that I have the music ready for Saturday's 5 PM mass. We are nearly ready for the festivities to begin.