Have you completed all your holiday shopping? Yes? Then it's official—you're a freak and everyone hates you.
If you—like moi—still have baubles and pressies to pick up for the special people and bartenders in our lives, then welcome to the club of normal, socially popular people who struggle to balance out the demands of living a well-rounded life while still meeting the traditional obligations that come with the holidays. The secret handshake will come later. Through the years, I have ran the entire gamut of holiday shopping—everything from running around like a mad person trying to get THE perfect gift for everyone, to shopping totally online and having it dropped shipped to the intended recipient's door, to only gift cards and finally back to THE perfect gift thing again. But the one stop I never seem to have made on the Christmas gift merrie-go-round is to get it all done prior to the week of Christmas. That remains a complete and utter fantasy. And like most fantasies, with each successive year, my ability to turn fantasy into reality seems less and less probable—that along with being 32 and having less than 4% body fat. Le sigh.
This year I at least feel like I am somewhat ahead of the game. PM's gifts are not only bought, but wrapped and residing under the tree even as I type. Co-workers and household staff have all received their regifted specially selected holiday tokens which leaves just a few family members to still buy for. No worries—I am on vacation for the next two weeks friends, so I think I can hit a TJ Maxx or two before the big day.
On tap for this weekend—Christmas Cocktails at Morningwood Manor Saturday nite with a small group of tragic drunks dear friends. After that—a lot of time on the sofa getting cross-eyed, but hopefully December 25 won't find me feeling like I got run over by eight tiny reindeer. Cheers!
Hoping you boys had a delightful Christmas!
Posted by: Michael Guy | December 28, 2009 at 03:05 PM