So sitting down turns out to have been a mistake.

Getting up is hard.

Matilda seems to have recovered (mostly) from her little snively cold in time to go ice skating with her friends this afternoon.

I have a present for everybody but I need to do a few more small gifties to round things out.

The fridge is already packed and my plan for xmas morning is to focus on Things That Small Delicious. So I think a combo of fresh coffee, frying bacon and cinnamon rolls should work. I'll do a little frittata with that for the protein.

But I'm also planning on doing a big spread of FORBIDDEN bagels for JZ tomorrow morning. It is time for the Great Carb Indulgence.

I got Emmett a cashmere hoodie for xmas. I think that counts as a twofer since his girlfriend will get the benefit of cuddling up next to him and petting the cashmere.

I did some last minute chores, and now I'm making gingerbread for a friend. I just need to pack and wake up at an early hour for tomorrow's flight. So, basically, I'm binge watching Watcher.

Rollover what you can but take your PTO, people!! Don't let your employer steal that part of your compensation package from you!

I'm working from home for the next two weeks, and unfortunately I actually have a shit-ton to do because I'm going away for two weeks in January which means I have to front-load a TON of stuff I'd normally put off until after the holidays.

Well, they also want me to not take a vacation day if I just call into a meeting! But it is a goal for the new year. But also 10 weeks!!! I am now friends with a programmer who is about ten years older than I am and we are the holdouts where we don't want to get an advanced degree to make us qualified for what we are already doing. He basically takes all of December off.

Thank goodness my mother came in with the mail, and I've handled kitchen surfaces and hid some things in the spare room, and now I think I am actually ready for Last Looks tomorrow! Which is good because I got voluntold to do flowers at church before choir.

Woohoo, just got the nod for even earlier going home, yay!

I have to bake 2 pumpkin pies and a pan of cornbread tonight, but I mostly want to go to Best Buy and buy an iPad. (They kept sending me emails with their Apple sale, and I've finally decided I need an iPad [for all values of "need" that are defined as "just a want that I can fulfill because I worked too much this year and got paid well for it"].) We'll see. It seems foolhardy to go shopping the night before Christmas Eve. But Best Buy is open until 11 p.m., so maybe I'll go out at 10 and everyone will be gone.

Less foolhardy than going on Christmas Eve, though, right?

David, when does Matilda hear on her application?