Doh, Merry Christmas

This morning I had to go to the branch out by me so I took my truck.  I had a big box that had some stuff in it so I threw it in the bed of the truck.  When I arrived at the branch I was horrified when I walked around the back of the truck to pull out the box, to see that I stupidly left the tailgate down and there was no box to be found…  Cripes it coulda dropped out anywhere during the 17 mile trip from my house.  What a dipshit I am.  Luckily I got a message from Ali that there was a big box in our driveway.  I stopped back home and picked it up.

Today is Ali’s birthday.  Since she has to work today back in the kitchen where she normally gets quite dirty, she put the kabosh on going to Olive Garden.  Instead she asked if I could just pick up a pizza on the way home.  It’s her birthday, whatever she wants.

My salesman called me back yesterday.  He said he could get another 30 bucks knocked off the Sirius install.  Big woop.  I told him 30 bucks isn’t 76 bucks.  He apologized and said if I want a couple tanks of gas or something to let him know, he would hook me up.  Whatever, I can’t wait to cancel the extended warranty on them.

Merry Christmas to everyone out there as this will more than likely be my last blog entry before the big day.  Tomorrow I have a full day of house work planned.  Ali is going to go help work a race in Marco Island in the morning and then she said something about going to work afterwards.  That leaves me to clean the house and tackle the chore of cleaning up the pool area solo.  I am going to flip the pool heater on to get the water nice and toasty for the holiday weekend.  It’s always fun to brag to your friends and family up north about swimming on Christmas. We are going to pick up my mom sometime Sunday so she can stay over and open stuff with us Christmas morning.

My Christmas prep is basically done except for wrapping a couple presents.  I still don’t feel overly festive or overly anxious for the big day to come.  I think the years where I could hardly sleep on Christmas Eve night have gone by the wayside.  However I have noticed one thing and I don’t know if it is the holiday spirit or me just being mellow from feeling sick for the last half of a month.  I have been communicating more freely, more clearly and more comfortably than normal. People that normally may not get much more than a HI from me, I have engaged in conversations.  I’m in one of those cycles where I am stumbling over my words a bit less.  They are always nice but don’t last very long.

Well anyway, the best to you and yours, see you on the other side.