I love to eat. Really. I don't mind when sugar plums dance in my head. Because eventually, there comes a point in my dream when I eat them. Whole. Unhinge my jaw and eat the little darling sugar plums, as they scream for help that will never come. Yes, I really don't mind my plate being full of food.
I do, however, mind when my plate is full of things other than food: whiny 101 students who can't turn in a workbook to save their life, professors who are never around when you need to ask them about your term paper, a reading list that's six miles long, books for class that seem to have disappeared in my black hole of a room, and oh yeah! buying presents for people.
I do have presents bought for roughly 5% of my family and friends. A shirt for Fern (with the intention of it becoming two shirts and a pair of shoes), two somethings for Em, a candle for Mom, two different somethings for ET. I do plan on buying dog toys/treats for Dad, from Fern and me. As well as hinting to Dad that we need to buy a bathrobe for Mom. Possibly some slippers to match. I also bought wine for the Seattle office and my cousin, Tianne. I should probably buy two wine glasses as well. Hmmmm. But yes, I'm lagging ever so far behind. So, don't hate me if you get something incredibly late this year. Or nothing at all. It's the thought that counts and I'm thinking of all of my friends!
It's also extremely... what's the word.... sucky that all this holiday crap happens at the end of a semester. Not only do I have two term papers due before the 21st, I have a third shorter paper and a final exam. Plus, the stupid cats I have to feed twice a day, for what seems like the rest of my life. I'm only HALF way done with this housesitting business....!
Anyone want to gift me some sanity?