3 Days

Yup, only 3 days until Christmas. Today, tomorrow, Friday. That’s all that stands between me and Christmas. I still have to buy Isaac’s gifts but I have 2 in mind that I think I will buy tomorrow when I get off of work. One is a gift card to American Eagle (he asked for it specifically) and the other is one of those bamboo plants. In Walmart one night we actually went in search of one for him but they didn’t have any that were just straight shoots, they were all the folded pretty knotted kind of shoots and he said he just wants the plain shoots. So we have some in these nifty little vases for $10 and I thought I’d get him one. I still want to get him something else but that’s 2 things that I know I’ll be getting for him. He wants to spend time with me on Christmas. How sweet is that? Not sure yet when or anything we have to work those details out. I know I was thinking maybe he and I and his brothers and Kay and maybe some other people like Caleb going and seeing a movie that evening. But he wants to actually spend time with me that day. So we’ll see.

Tonight I had the sweetest woman in the pharmacy. She was in there for about 2 maybe 3 hours. At first she just said hi, showed me a book that she’d walked in with so I would know she’d brought it with her. Then later on she started talking to me and telling me all these stories and giving me advice and asking my opinion on stuff. She was really very nice. But she just wouldn’t stop talking so we ended up getting out of the store around 12:30. We locked the doors at midnight so no one else would come in but she just kept chatting and chatting with us and we couldn’t think of a nice way to get her out of the door without being mean. We tried a dozen times to get her out the door. We finally got her out of the store and we ended up standing in the doorway for another 10 minutes or so talking! Tomorrow ought to be fun. She’s supposed to come back in to pick up her meds. If I’m lucky it’ll be after I’ve left for the day. Not that she isn’t sweet, just I have plans! No getting caught up this time. Kay is in town for the holiday. Caleb is supposed to be home but I don’t know if he’s home yet or not. Kay and I are supposed to hang out tomorrow since really it’s the only day I have until Christmas. I get to spend Thursday baking and doing laundry (still!!! I’ve done about a load and a half at the rate I’ve gone and I have at least a load left, possibly 2 by the time I get around to trying again, sheesh). Then Friday will probably be a lazy day or maybe just wrapping presents since I have a few (that were foisted on me by mom).

Speaking of Mom. I haven’t dug into her about her comment, proud of me right? I have been snippy with her though. Every year we bake a ton of cookies because we have family that visits right AFTER the holiday up through New Years so the cookies have to last that whole time. Guess who ends up baking them every year. Yeah, me. The girl with NO day off in the 2 weeks before Christmas. Does she offer to help? Offer to do a few batches herself? Nope of course not. Just like always "I don’t feel well. My arm is killing me. I’m tired" One excuse after another. It’s insane. She’s so selfish. I don’t know how I’m related to this woman, I really don’t. We have pretty much nothing in common, we have completely different sense of humor, tastes in food and clothes and hair and jewelry, even in cars. We can barely hold a conversation and most of them end up with one or both of us in foul moods.

*sigh*

Okay. It’s late, 1:30am, and I have to work tomorrow at noon so in less than 12 hours. I guess that means I should get my butt to bed so I don’t drag feet in the morning to get up and get ready like I did this morning. Then another 4-midnight on Thursday and then Friday is 3-10 but it’s double-time after 6 so really it’s not 7 hours but more like 11 hours lol. That’s a plus.