Well,
it’s in the 20’s now. No, I don’t mean
the temperature. We don’t live in
Oklahoma. I mean the date. It’s December and it’s the 20th. That means time is running out for Christmas
shopping. Better get on the stick out
there, folks. Speaking of that, where
does that saying come from, anyway? “Get
on the stick”? Is it the stick shift in
a race car that you should shift into higher gear? Or maybe it refers to a literal stick from
the perspective of a dog whose master has just tossed it in a game of
Fetch? Yeah. I think the dog one must be it. It’s always the most reasonable in the
end.
We
did do some Christmas shopping yesterday.
After a quick run to the bank to make a deposit we made a quick run to
WalMart to make good use of what we just deposited. We are getting close to completion,
though. Chris spent most of the evening
wrapping presents. And I helped. I get to write names on the gift tags. Great fun.
That’s where I honed my calligraphy skills … or lack thereof. It’s great to be so incredibly helpful. Especially at Christmas.
We did
experience a bit of a crisis last night.
We were watching a DVRed episode of Once Upon a Time (It’s gotten pretty weird, by the way. Guess they ran out of all the cool
characters). Suddenly it shut down
and switched over to regular TV. And in the
next few seconds a message came across telling us to contact the cable provider. Well, we never jump the gun on messages like
that one. We waited in out. Sure enough a second message eventually
appeared that the problem was theirs and would be repaired soon. Of course “soon” probably means “perhaps by
Christmas.” Guess I’ll check in on it
again later today.
Meanwhile,
it’s back to work today. I’m struggling
with upper respiratory gunk, so plenty of fluids. I know.
I know. I always leave off the other
half of the equation, “Get plenty of rest.”
I’ll work on that. Maybe after Christmas. No, wait.
Josh and his family will be here right after Christmas. So … next year. That’s it.
Next year for sure …
Psalms
18:31 says, “For who is God besides the
Lord? And who is the Rock except our
God?”
Father,
thank you for sleep. It’s a really
amazing invention. Amen.
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