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christmas, goals, kids, life, motivation, projects, random shit that falls out of my brain, stress, the world is full of fucking idiots, work
No, not really, but it sounds interesting, right?
Mama is BACK!!! Last night I ran laundry, changed the sheets, dusted, screwed around on the computer, took every last thing off our fridge downstairs and reorganized it, and slept like a log. I got up early this morning and finished the laundry and had time to putter around before leaving. I’ve been working on the organizing/purging plan for next year and generally screwing around this morning in between answering emails from profs who really should know better.
Anyway, it’s been interesting. I got some Christmas pressies from my pals at work this morning.
a little stuffed squirrel with a scarf, a squirrel candy dish, and a little sugar skull notebook!
They know me pretty fucking well, I’d say. At any rate, the closer we get to the shut down on the 24th, the fewer people there are here. My boss was here this morning just long enough to delivery gifts and then she skedaddled. I’ll be leaving early this afternoon to go help Mom with the girls. They have a baton twirling performance thing tonight that I’m going to and they need their hair done. My mom is an amazing woman and does lots of things, but she has never been one for doing much with hair. Fortunately, I know how to do very lovely French braids. (I will see if I can get a pic of them tonight in their splendor)
I walked in this morning with K and we both sort of asked each other why in the hell we didn’t take vacation for the 2 days we’re supposed to be here next week. Neither of us had a good answer, but we both agreed that there won’t be much work going on at all. My plan is to continue to clean up around here and get ready for the next semester. I’ve already done quite a bit but there are still a few things to take care of. And on Tuesday I’ll take down my Christmas decorations.
I’m also working on a plan, of sorts, of things I really want to do over the break. What are your big plans?
Mental in the Midwest 
You sound like your old self again. Yay! 🙂
My plan, other than cooking a spectacular Xmas dinner, is to do absolutely nothing 😀 Has your car arrived yet? xx
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Card, that should be. My ‘D’ key stuck lol
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Not yet, but it’s still early afternoon and I don’t believe anyone has been back to the house to check mail. I’ll let you know as soon as I get it. 🙂
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yes, mama is back! I have no big plans, this time I feel overrunned by christmas and I wish I would find a gift for my parents… what a bad idea to shop locally this year… I still have the HOHOHO! of the supermarket santas in my ears, I came back with empty hands again —ugh!
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YAY!!! I’m also feeling a bit overrun right now. I need to get a gift for Josh, probably, and I need to finish a few care packages but the folks getting those already know they’ll be more like Valentine’s presents. I think we need naps.
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Ha ha… I think I know where that sciurine candy dish came from! Nothing says the holidays like the gift of squirrels! 🙂
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Oh do tell!
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It looks like part of the squirrel-themed set we sell at Mecca… though I don’t know if it’s exclusive to us. I have a similar looking dish (actually, more like a bowl compared to the one you have) from last year’s Fall collection…
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Huh, cool! I had figured she got it from a thrift store, so I guess I was kind of right. 😉 I don’t care where nifty bits come from. Hell, I don’t even mind re-gifting as long as what’s being passed on is still in excellent condition. More good crap for everyone! 😀
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I don’t know how you do it! I am trying to do Christmas cards and just cannot focus for anything. I am thinking maybe working on them while watching Netflix might work better. So, just know that your card may be there after Christmas, but it will be there. 🙂
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No worries at all m’dear! 🙂 My secret is that I’m petrified if I stop, I’ll never start again.
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At least work is going to be easy. It will be like taking vacation days but still getting paid for it.
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It is! And there’s no guilt about being home and not doing stuff that’s productive. 😀
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I love your post titles. 🙂
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Thanks! I think the first piece of that came from a joke my ex used to tell, but I can’t remember all of it and I’m sure it was funnier, so I improvised. 😀
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