My grades are all turned in...

...so Christmas season can begin. This year, it lasts three days.

OTOH, most years it lasts the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve/Day celebrations.

But no party for New Year's Eve for us this year. Last year, I almost made it to the party...but ended up in the hospital about 8 hours before our first guests arrived. That should have been my first clue that 2020 was going to suck.

Hoping for a joyous Yule or other post-Solstice season for you and yours.

Hey. We've got eggnog!

One little pandemic, and I’m acting like a petulant 7-year-old

Under normal circumstances, when my husband suggests he would get me an expensive present for Christmas and asks which of 7 choices do I want...I’d pick the cheapest or the second from the bottom, because greed annoys me, I don’t need the fancy one, and there are people who can barely afford food right now.

Not this time.

I snarled at my inner responsible grownup, picked the second best (because the best one is sized wrong for me), requested the color I like, and slapped myself upside the head (where that “petulant” description comes from) and told my inner adult to STFU.

Want a toy.

Pathetic, isn’t it? ( Read more... )