The Life of Me

(Wow! Sorry it's been so long! And the smiley face entries were kind of pathetically pointless. Sorry.) 

I don't know if this is how it is for everyone, but I think that "The Holiday Season" is Halloween-a few days after Christmas. (Christmastime lasts from after Thanksgiving to sometime in January, Christmas Radio Stations! It doesn't END Dec. 26!) The Holiday Season is the time of year when exercise is absolutely vital to our health. This is the time of year when we just get fat. Worst time of year to be trying to lose weight. I just had 3 Thanksgiving dinners. That's right. 3 turkey dinners. We stopped in Ohio on our way to Alabama and had Thanksgiving at our relatives' house, then went to Alabama the next day for more Thanksgiving food, then, the next day, back to our OH relatives' for left-overs. It was all so good, but I'm guessing I've gained at least 50 lbs. I'm staying away from scales for a few months so I don't fall into a deep depression over the huge jump in weights. 

My sister and my mom both hate early Christmas music. I love Christmas and its music and its EGG NOG!!! Oh, good stuff! So, I've been listening to Christmas music since mid-November (but I've been singing it since June). I always have to turn it off when Mom and/or my sister are around. When I asked my sister why she didn't like it, she said, "I don't like it. I just don't want it until after Thanksgiving." So here we are, two days after Thanksgiving. And mind you, we spent an entire day in a car yesterday, and I did not listen to a single Christmas song. Today, she asked me to turn on some music. I turned on Christmas music. Did she allow it? NO!!! I was like, WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE??? Happy After-Thanksgiving, sis!!! Did you lie to me? Honestly! This is an outrage! 

But back to what I said at the beginning of that paragraph about loving Christmas... I love Christmas except for one thing: I have a problem with giving people not-enough-presents. I feel bad getting 1 or 2 things, and so I buy many things and make many things. I never really know what to get for my dad, though. He says he'd take anything, so I intend to get him a ballgown sometime soon. (Be careful what you wish for) (Although he didn't exactly wish for anything...) But, in the process of getting lots of presents for people, I tend to go broke. Or at least become very poor. And this year, I want to save a bunch of money for a trip we're taking to Europe, so I can't spend too much at all! So stressful!!! And the internet isn't helping me find cheap-but-awesome presents, either. *BIG SIGH* Whatever! Happy holidays, anyways!!!

-Sue Donimm