Last night I went to bake cookies with my sister over at my parents' house. I didn't get home until well after 1am. So I got a late start this morning (went to bed at 2:30, woke up at 9:20). I did a little writing during breakfast and then headed to my parents' house again so my sister, my dad, and I could go to lunch at Wegmens. There were two historical markers in the shopping center that I'd never been to before, so I went to go snarf those, but my dad and sister didn't seem interested and, instead, went to look at the wine selections. Clearly, I lead a much different life from them as I'm not remotely interested in wine. Anyway, apart from lunch, I ended up buying Christmas cards for next year; they didn't have one thing I was hoping to get on post-Christmas sale. So, after stopping by home briefly, I went to a different Wegmens. That one also didn't have what I was looking for, but I ended up buying Morgan a tiny toy anyway and I bought a $50 4ft tall tree, discounted to $30.
My current dream is to make a Strokes tree, decorating it with ornaments that remind me of the characters and such. I'm already got a handful of ornaments, and I'm going to decorate it with rainbow color pride festival beads as garlands. Hopefully, it will be small enough and Ozma will be old enough next year, so that there isn't a tree disaster. But, yeah, I'm excited about it. I'm putting it on my next 101 Things in 1001 Days list so that it'll get done!
Just got back from the vet with Charlie. Dr. J didn't know what was wrong with Charlie, so we're going to try her on a different diet and stop with the allergy meds to see if that helps. Also, there are some new treats that Charlie may or may not eat that are supposed to do something for viruses. So we're trying things and we'll see what, if anything, works. Next step after this is the scope and surgery.
I'm craving cherry pie. Mom always makes an apple pie and a cherry pie for Christmas. This year, she made more pumpkin--three of them. And, normally, I like pumpkin pie. But she sent me home with two pumpkin pies after Thanksgiving and I am SO sick of pumpkin pie right now. I'm just one person, so two pies is a bit much. Dad keeps trying to make me eat slices from the new three pumpkin pies and I keep telling him I don't want it. All I want is my normal cherry and apple pies for Christmas! So I'm going to make a cherry pie with this lovely new ceramic pie plate I got for Christmas. And then it's all mine!
I always feel super depressed after Christmas is over. I get time off work, which is NICE. I'm not complaining about that. Tomorrow I'm going to snuggle up with tea and stuffed animals and write all day. But I love Christmas SO MUCH and I'm sad when it's over. I love the build-up and the lights and the music and the kindness and finding the right presents for people I love and wrapping and seeing my friends and family and when it's all over... I am sad. I work toward the 25th for more than a month and then, suddenly, it's over and things go back to being non-magical and trees stop blinking and twinkling and, yeah, sad. LUCKILY, I still have a present from an online friend coming my way and I get to exchange gifts with three of my dearest friends on the 6th (their presents are currently in a box in my bedroom that Ozma LOVES sleeping on. She's going to be so disappointed after I give those gifts and the box doesn't need to be there in the middle of the room any more). So at least I've got a little bit of Christmas I can hang onto.
And cherry pie.
I'm considering going to drive around to look at Christmas lights tomorrow night or maybe Friday night. Depends on if I want to put on pants those days. It's supposed to be SUPER COLD then. So we'll see how I feel. Maybe I can put hot chocolate in a thermos? My sister got me Leslie Odom Jr's holiday album, which is strange but LOVELY. So I like the idea of listening to it while looking at the lights. It's a thought. We'll see how lazy I feel and/or how much writing on these giftfics I get done! I also thought about going to see a movie at the discount theater this week. The LEGO Ninjago movie is playing and so is Murder on the Orient Express (also with Leslie Odom Jr, come to think of it! Tomorrow could be my Leslie Odom Jr. day!).
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