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Where have I been?
Dec. 19th, 2014 02:18 pmLike pretty much everybody else, I've been sick and dying all week. Actually, today I feel pretty good, but this is the first day since Monday night I haven't thought I was going to die.
Christmas is getting chaotic. I can't finish the present for Zoe, because my DVD burner appears to have quit. I may not be able to finish the present for my brother, since I spent all week in quit mode. And I still haven't even done my shopping for everyone else. I meant to do it today, but my mother stayed home, making it very difficult to sneak out to do my shopping for her. Part of which is very annoying, because she doesn't want me to spend any money on Christmas. This is the first year I've been able to afford gifts, and nothing is worse than being the only person there not handing anything out to everyone. It's awkward and embarrassing, and I'm not doing it this year. I'll probably sneak out Monday and get the last of it, even if she does wind up staying home then too. I feel good, and if I want to buy the kids a bunch of junk, I'm gonna buy the kids a bunch of junk.
Also, my mother has no idea how to cut wrapping paper, and completely fucked up my roll of Avengers paper last night when she used it to wrap something. All I have now is a diagonally-cut strip that isn't useful for anything, and I'm not done wrapping my gifts. Augh.
Christmas is getting chaotic. I can't finish the present for Zoe, because my DVD burner appears to have quit. I may not be able to finish the present for my brother, since I spent all week in quit mode. And I still haven't even done my shopping for everyone else. I meant to do it today, but my mother stayed home, making it very difficult to sneak out to do my shopping for her. Part of which is very annoying, because she doesn't want me to spend any money on Christmas. This is the first year I've been able to afford gifts, and nothing is worse than being the only person there not handing anything out to everyone. It's awkward and embarrassing, and I'm not doing it this year. I'll probably sneak out Monday and get the last of it, even if she does wind up staying home then too. I feel good, and if I want to buy the kids a bunch of junk, I'm gonna buy the kids a bunch of junk.
Also, my mother has no idea how to cut wrapping paper, and completely fucked up my roll of Avengers paper last night when she used it to wrap something. All I have now is a diagonally-cut strip that isn't useful for anything, and I'm not done wrapping my gifts. Augh.
