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dragonlady7Buffalo schools closed today because of the severe cold. Huh? Yeah. So i went to the mall, all wide-eyed and innocent and "it's during the week so people aren't shopping", and man... I spent 20 minutes waiting in line to buy A PAIR OF SOCKS. And they weren't even gifts, they were for ME, because I need good socks to go under my work shoes so my feet behave at work.
Pfeh.
My friend Kat did that meme I just did and it's actually amusing.
Me, I have bought... $40 worth of presents for my kringle, and I need to have bought $50. Not enough to say 'close enough', but too much to say 'fuggit' and go with Plan B. Gah! So I'm really no closer to done than I was, because now I have to figure out what the hell to do.
Dave dropped me off at the mall and went off on some sooper-seekrit mission with his laden backpack. I have no idea what he was doing, but he phoned me twice to say he wouldn't be much longer but it was taking longer than he'd expected, after I phoned him to say "i'm done, there's nothing in this freaking mall." Both times I was holding my phone in my hand; neither time did it actually ring. Both times I heard the message notification sound, and heard no ring. Am I annoyed? Perpetually. This goddamn cellphone contract expires at the end of this month and I'm not renewing it.
However.
I need to have a cellphone for capers like this to work. "I'll call you when I'm done." Or, "call me when you need a ride home from work."
Guh.
Maybe I can get in on Dave's plan or something. I pay $50 a month for a phone that doesn't ring. Yeah. Also, doesn't announce the time a message was left. Yeah. Come on, people.
Anyway.
I did Xmas shopping. I'm now totally broke. And I got nothin' for Dave. Holiday spirit? No.
Something tells me I won't be getting holiday spirit this year. What does it for me? Decorating the tree, often. No tree this year = that's not gonna work. So, failing that, Christmas Eve Mass does it for me. But, I will be working late Xmas Eve, so no Mass for me. Failing that, Xmas Eve at Uncle Pete's... but that's 300 miles away, so no. Failing that, getting up and coming downstairs to open stocking presents is the last-ditch way to get holiday spirit. But... No, I'll be going to work instead.
So... I'm going to spend my whole next year wondering when Christmas is coming.
But, I will be getting loot, and that will make me feel good. Also, Dave says the gift he ordered me should arrive tomorrow, and he'll let me open it then. I'll be working 15 hours tomorrow and won't be home until after midnight, but maybe then...
Ah well. All of this is just evidence you can all cite in my trial after I snap and assault the next person who cheerfully wishes me a happy holiday.
Aw, crap, if they call any of you guys as character witnesses I'm totally screwed.
^.^
Pfeh.
My friend Kat did that meme I just did and it's actually amusing.
What keeps you sane?
I'm sane? I've been doing this quiz for 15 minutes!
Me, I have bought... $40 worth of presents for my kringle, and I need to have bought $50. Not enough to say 'close enough', but too much to say 'fuggit' and go with Plan B. Gah! So I'm really no closer to done than I was, because now I have to figure out what the hell to do.
Dave dropped me off at the mall and went off on some sooper-seekrit mission with his laden backpack. I have no idea what he was doing, but he phoned me twice to say he wouldn't be much longer but it was taking longer than he'd expected, after I phoned him to say "i'm done, there's nothing in this freaking mall." Both times I was holding my phone in my hand; neither time did it actually ring. Both times I heard the message notification sound, and heard no ring. Am I annoyed? Perpetually. This goddamn cellphone contract expires at the end of this month and I'm not renewing it.
However.
I need to have a cellphone for capers like this to work. "I'll call you when I'm done." Or, "call me when you need a ride home from work."
Guh.
Maybe I can get in on Dave's plan or something. I pay $50 a month for a phone that doesn't ring. Yeah. Also, doesn't announce the time a message was left. Yeah. Come on, people.
Anyway.
I did Xmas shopping. I'm now totally broke. And I got nothin' for Dave. Holiday spirit? No.
Something tells me I won't be getting holiday spirit this year. What does it for me? Decorating the tree, often. No tree this year = that's not gonna work. So, failing that, Christmas Eve Mass does it for me. But, I will be working late Xmas Eve, so no Mass for me. Failing that, Xmas Eve at Uncle Pete's... but that's 300 miles away, so no. Failing that, getting up and coming downstairs to open stocking presents is the last-ditch way to get holiday spirit. But... No, I'll be going to work instead.
So... I'm going to spend my whole next year wondering when Christmas is coming.
But, I will be getting loot, and that will make me feel good. Also, Dave says the gift he ordered me should arrive tomorrow, and he'll let me open it then. I'll be working 15 hours tomorrow and won't be home until after midnight, but maybe then...
Ah well. All of this is just evidence you can all cite in my trial after I snap and assault the next person who cheerfully wishes me a happy holiday.
Aw, crap, if they call any of you guys as character witnesses I'm totally screwed.
^.^
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Date: 2004-12-21 01:21 am (UTC)No Christmas here either. I guess I've said that, but every time you mention it, it reminds me of our situation. No tree. No lights. No presents. No sweets. But I, at least, will Christmas day at my sister's.
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Date: 2004-12-21 02:54 am (UTC)I will have Christmas evening at Dave's aunt's house, so I really should ease up on the complaining. Millions of people have to work on Christmas. It's just that I never have before, and this is my second Christmas away from home in a row. At least I'm at somebody's home, and can eat as many piparkukas as I want.
:)
I suppose I'll count my blessings. Also, I don't have to have any work done on my roof. :)
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Date: 2004-12-21 05:56 pm (UTC)What time do you have to work Xmas morning? Maybe you could all open present REALLY early?
Or, if you going in incredibly early, maybe they could wait and open stuff late?
You did say you'll be there for the stressful presents-unwrapping. That will be cool. Seriously. At that point, there will no longer be anything you can do to your wrapping, so you can just sit back and enjoy, laugh at the wrappings, try to guess who did yours, etc.
oh crap! It's 1 p.m.! I need tobe at work!