The problem is, that's not an entirely true statement, despite the occasions where I've been called out, defamed, embarrassed, humiliated, put in my place, told my feelings were invalid, and so on. It is true that I have been stretching myself thin, but aside from doing too much in too little time, this week has just had its share of really bad mojo. I've spent way too much time pissed off, shaking, sweating, and in a general state of malaise.
The funny thing is, it's also been a pretty excellent set of days. Justin and I had Amy over for dinner on Tuesday and Jeff over on Wednesday. Then Justin stayed out until almost 5AM partying with nursing cohorts (albeit while I sat up and worried). Friday we prepped and primped for our holiday party, which went off without a hitch. Yesterday Jeff helped us fetch our Christmas tree, a 7-foot Noble Fir, and erect it in our living room. Then we set to baking so that when our guests arrived they'd have snickerdoodles to munch on and Sparkling Tree Cakes to decorate.
The tree cakes were really a killer variation on traditional Christmas cookies, especially since we couldn't find cookie cutters anywhere. The cakes were easy to make and fun to decorate. We ended up with really FAT peppermint sticks that, uh, we had to ream each tree with rather obscenely to give it a trunk, but that really contributed to the hilarity of it overall.
One of our guests brought a mix for Hot Buttered Rum, which we imbibed-a-plenty while rocking out to Guitar Hero I and II. Once Justin's classmate Laura and her 2-year-old daughter joined us, we commenced with tree trimming and snowflake cutting. OK, so I made everyone create a snowflake before they left, but it WAS super cute.
We had plenty of snacks and four folks stayed over for dinner-- Justin made an awesome sausage ragu. We spent the rest of the evening drinking wine, bubbly, and schnapps while playing yet MORE guitar hero (during which I schooled them all).
That was pretty nice... as is the fact that I've got all my Christmas shopping done, except that which requires prompt purchase before Christmas. In the spirit of the season (which, oddly, I had in droves this year) I designed a new header for the blog. No, I didn't make it myself. I'm not nearly good enough at vector art to crank that out, but I did alter the design and add text to suit. So happy holidays, and may your (and my) next week be merry.
Posted on December 10, 2006 @ 4:17 PM | 4 comments
Comments:
ohhh man I haven't gotten any shopping done yet! :(
I can't believe you guys got a tree!!! Does it look cool? I love noble firs!
By 
Kyle, at
5:02 PM, December 10, 2006
You're lucky that Rupert isn't interested in destroying everything you love, like Wednesday and Fry are.
We can control them somewhat while we're home and awake, but that's only about 1/4 of the day. The rest of the day, we're sleeping or at work, and they're at home, tearing apart anything that we've worked hard on. I left for 20 minutes this afternoon to pick up Ryan and they unwrapped two of the christmas presents I wrapped this afternoon.
Happy holidays... hope the good this week outweighed the bad!
By Lazy Lightning, at
5:26 PM, December 10, 2006
good times always trump the not so good. f*^)% the ****ly. do not feel embarrassed or called out. it wasn't deliberate or unfocused. no one is a mind reader.
the tree decorating was FUN!! FUN!!! FUN !!!! and the snowflakes are so WONDERFUL!! Your window is filled with winter thoughts!
Happy Holidays Everyone !!
By , at
11:00 PM, December 10, 2006
LOL, Jeff! It took me until this morning to figure out that ****ly was Weekly... I thought it was a curse word and I didn't get it. I was like "Crap...ly"? "Ass...uh...ly"? That makes more sense now. ^_^
By 
Kat, at
11:04 AM, December 11, 2006
