Christmas
That went over pretty well despite how broke we've been. Shadow only got a few presents from me and Nick, (and Santa), but they were good ones. We had no idea this was going to be the case, but he made out like a li'l bandit... my family's not rich or anything, but he really racked up. We were shocked.
We bought Scooty a flavored bone for Christmas and he's been so funny with that thing. He chewed on it for a good solid hour as soon as we gave it to him, then put it down. I picked it up to carry it into another room with us and when I gave it back to him he ran around whimpering (sounding very distraught), looking for a place to hide it. I suppose I shouldn't have picked it up the first time - but for the record it wasn't hidden very well so I didn't know that's what he was trying to do. 😂 He's never been that way with anything we've ever given him so this bone must be special. He's been checking on it for the last few days to make sure it's still where he left it. I know not to touch it this time. He's so funny.
So all in all Christmas was good... the only thing that could've made it any better would have been if Santa had brought me what I asked for - which was a fence and my li'l bro home. (Neither of which I got, btw). I must've been bad this year.
Now... a rant about those bell-ringers...
I know those people don't get paid to ring the bells for the Salvation Army so it must be that they are just crazy-dedicated to what they do (seeing as how they'll stand out in the frickin' cold and junk by their own choice). And I know why they pick the holiday season to get out and do that (which, btw, I think is complete BS - for 1, people are more broke around the holidays, and 2, you should want to help year-round. I'm just saying...) Either way I hate having to walk by them... I don't like the bell sounds, I don't like touching real money to give them, I don't like feeling guilty when I'm truly strapped myself and have nothing to give.
And what about if you go to multiple places in one day and give to the first one? You know those people judge you. You know they're standing out there thinking, "That little bitch is going into Wal-Mart / the mall / insert name of business here. I know she has money; otherwise, she wouldn't be going in." If you say you already gave I'm sure they think that's just an excuse... so you're stuck dodging them again.
I went to the mall a few weeks ago and one of those "jinglers" was outside on my way in... but I didn't see him when I was on my way out... I was so paranoid that guy was going to jump out at me all ninja-style with that bell and scare the hell out of me. I probably would've handed him my purse and ran. I doubt the Salvation Army would approve of those methods... but hey, they let people stand out in the cold to make other people feel guilty so who knows??
Life in General
I'm pretty stressed with this whole school thing and I have a sinus infection. I haven't felt motivated enough to write, either. Oh, and I'm still laid off. On top of that I haven't accomplished anything other than watching almost 3 entire seasons of "Scrubs" with Nick (in about 2 weeks). Our sleep schedule is wayyy off, and there's tons of stuff that needs to be done around here - none of which we've even started on. Well, at least we're getting a nice little vacation. Really, I'm enjoying this while it lasts. Oh, and New Year's isn't a damn holiday... (just had to get that out of my system).
THE END.
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