quaker oats:

I just took a 3 hour nap which was luxurious. Even though the whole time I'd wake and think, "I'm not napping deeply enough! I'm not napping. Why can't I fall asl....ZZZZZ...."

Now I'm awake and off to find food as I haven't eaten yet today and go to the movies. WOOT WOOT.

Have you tried acupuncture? I know someone who got rid of a cat allergy that way.

I was all cornfuddled because at first I thought ita as talking about the cat's allergy. Der.

I need to listen to all songs except these ones, so I'll put in place a process that involves burning, deleting, and re-uploading. Yeah, that's really taking things as they come.

Well, yeah. Plus, I don't do that-- I just don't upload it in the first place.

eta: No on the acupuncture. Maybe I should.

Yay for luxurious naps.

Emmett and I are eating warm-from-the-oven sugar cookies (green sprinkles) and drinking cold milk. I'm playing bizarre xmas novelty songs.

Jesse, did I ever post Snoop's "Twas the Night" or the St. Ides xmas commercial for you? You should definitely have those.

I do know of someone who acupunctured their neurotic cat. It appeared to work.

ita, I hope work stops being a source of stress. It's just not right. And you are not a traitor.

So I went shopping. And bought two shirts, one for SIL and one for nephew.

And the two emails I sent out with pleas for the lists (one is a list of stuff for the nephew) were greeted by "oh you are not screwed, what do you want for Xmas?" NOTHING. I WANT NOTHING. JUST SEND ME THE GODDAMNED LISTS.

I'm this close to just saying to hell with it all.

Silly people of Sarameg. I hope it gets less stressful and that they send you the lists right away.

All I am planning on doing is going online tomorrow and be done with it. I don't have the energy to find any joy in this, so best to get it over with. (that's what bothers me. It isn't so much stress as it is a chore, which is not what it should be. I'm usually a fake-it-if-you-can't-make-it person, but this time, I'd rather just call in sick.)

Is this all because of the tension with SiL?

I discovered that at least one allergy has gotten worse

Have you tried acupuncture? I know someone who got rid of a cat allergy that way.

I can't quite wrap my brain around how this could be possible. Nerve and muscle issues, okay, but allergies?

msbelle, nah. I talked to her the other night, and she seems to be over her snit. This holiday doesn't hold much for me anymore, plus I haven't been enjoying shopping for anything for a while. Toss that together with the fact that it's sort of a manic collision of families who have little in common, vastly different ideas about how to do the holidays and... it's just not my favorite time. I sit on a plane for a couple of hours to essentially have no privacy for 4ish days, no means of escape, no downtime and far too many well meaning relatives who follow me when I try to find a quiet corner and then wonder why I start snarling...