Christmas-oriented ramble December 23, 2005 ~ 11:50 am
Posted by Julie in : Craftiness Is Next To Godliness, Fambly, In Da Hood, Story Time , trackbackLet’s play a game. That game is called…who is actually at work today and who started their holiday weekend early? Those of you at home, I am jealous. But not overly. Because the only day I have to work next week is Wednesday (it sucks to be the office supervisor…when everyone else wanted the day off, I had to step up and agree to come in). And you know another reason why I’m not jealous? Because the transit strike is over, so I got to ride mass transit to work today. I never thought that would be a treat, but having a simple morning commute was wonderful. Let’s see if I feel that way after work when I’m on the bus with 50 screaming high schoolers. I wish there was a way that I could take mass transit in the mornings and have my bike magically appear in time for me to go home at night. Hey, Santa, think you could work on that?
Speaking of Santa, it has occurred to me that I haven’t told you a Christmas story from my past yet this year. You know you were waiting with bated breath for one. This year’s story is a short, simple caveat for parents. The first Christmas my mom and I were in our new house after my dad died, mom went a little overboard with the presents to compensate for being in a strange house with no daddy. Thinking she was being quite clever, she attached a “To Julie, From Santa” tag on each present. Christmas morning came, I tore through the presents like a bat out of hell, and then looked at my mom with a trembling lip and said “But Mommy, didn’t you get me anything?”. Lesson learned by my mother: no matter how carefully you plan things out, your pre-schooler will inevitably find the loophole. Parents, make sure that your kids get at least one gift that says it’s from you.
Anything else I could write would be a ramble, since I am running on a lack of sleep. This is the last year that I make so many damn presents. Either that, or I start making them in September instead of late October. But in the future, my friends, rants and raves about knitting will be confined to a new knitting blog. And there’s my holiday present to you: those of you who don’t like knitting will no longer be compelled to read about it. Those who like reading about my knitting (and Regan’s and Aimee’s) will be treated to one special blog for projects by all three of us. Coming soon to a blogroll near you after Christmas (because I can’t very well show you Christmas presents before then, can I?)
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