I had also done dishes! Since my last post I have done nothing.

Ok, I have my minimal list. My kids. I am not a natural shopper, as in I hate it. I have to have a detailed list so I can run in and out. The problem with this method is that what I have set in my mind is not always to be found.

For us, today is Dominic's 15th(!!!) birthday.

And the last chance to brave the crowds and get the cheese and garbage bags we discovered we were out of at 10 last night.

Garbage bags are kinda important for Xmas festivities.

Happy and easy holidays, everyone.

I think I've done everything, up to and including packing.

I am packed and mostly left the house clean for when the roommate returns. Didn't manage to take out the trash though. My bags are utterly full, but a fair chunk of my suitcase is presents, so should be ok for getting home

Tiny, selfish, mini-rant:

I do not like it here. It's too dry, and my nose is bleeding, and my throat is constantly sore, and the elevation is too high, and I'm dizzy, and I can't stop thinking about how these rich people took over this town and now bitch about the Indians building casinos and ruining their pristine views and I miss my bed and my in-laws are stressful and the price I pay for watching football today is going to be answering stupid questions for three hours.

Also, I might be getting a cold.

It's too dry, and my nose is bleeding, and my throat is constantly sore, and the elevation is too high, and I'm dizzy,

Going to the high, arid regions is a heck of an adjustment, it took a couple of months for me to adapt. The first time I went back east after several years in Utah, I was amazed at how much air there was. I understood why elevation makes such a difference to athletes. Nowadays, as I get older, I always have a bottle of spray saline in arm's reach, because I really don't want to go to the emergency room for a nosebleed that will not end again.

Oh Dana, that sounds - as Emmett would say - "Undelightful."