Not sure about the Christmas spirit :) (rambly)

I didn't decorate, but then I rarely did, since I usually came home to the parents' house for the holidays. Mom always did something - we had a Christmas fern one year instead of a tree :) I did put some paper snowflakes on the glass doors, but Honey's had fun trying to get them down, so they're a bit bedraggled.

I had fun shopping for the kids, not that I really shopped - I got my niece and her sister gift cards to Barnes & Noble and Office Depot (they both like office/school supplies), but the payoff on that comes when I take them to spend the cards :) I love to watch the niece shop; she's very intense about it and very sure of what she wants. Quality time. I got a gift set of smelly bath stuff for their mom, which they both said she'll like. And I got presents today for the people I'm going to see at the beach - more hostess/'thanks for letting me barge in' gifts than presents, but still something.

Oh! diavestra! They really liked the bracelets :)

So, I was actually doing okay, I thought, until the girls came over. Or, more accurately, until the girls left. I'm... melancholy now - except that Ember is attacking Honey through the curtain on the glass doors right now, as Honey tries to get more snowflakes down.

I hadn't planned on seeing my friends tomorrow - was going to wait until Tuesday. But after talking with ithidrial and ninjababe and feeling a bit better, I decided to call and see if the invitation to dinner tomorrow night was still open. I figured it would be - and it was. (Ember just typed "red" with one paw press - smart kitty) I had planned on having dinner, reading, and spending time in the hot tub after I got to the beach, but I think I'll add a little human interaction to keep from thinking about everything too much. I'll still do the hot tub though.

Hey, lasairfhiona, wanna fly south to visit? Smuggle a puppy down with you? :)

Oh, well, back to laundry and overpacking.

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