Spoke to soon. When IT asks for a quick favor I feel it is in my best interests to help them troubleshoot...

I love the little treat deliveries, msbelle! Those are all good ones.

It's like an advent calendar, but for quarantine.

Aw, my Williams-Sonoma package turned out to be assorted fancy olive oils from my parents. What a great Hanukkah present! Not coals to Newcastle at all, I happen to be pretty much out of olive oil as well.

After SNL shamed me for not doing a better job filling JZ's stocking I went to the ... she's got a Fancy Stocking ... That's very full.

I, apparently, discussed the full stocking concept seriously enough with my DP that he went out today and bought more things. And now I have two filled stockings hanging on the doorknob and several, wrapped overflow presents under the tree. I may have overemphasized the "full" part. I also failed to mention that we typically don't stuff the stockings until late Christmas eve, but that is 100% OK!

I'm having spiked eggnog, and there's a casserole in the oven. We also had a stupid tiff about an hour ago. People are so hard, man. I mean, I know I'm people, too, and all. Ah, well. We've discussed. Dinner should be pleasant when it's time, I think.

Aw, my Williams-Sonoma package turned out to be assorted fancy olive oils from my parents. What a great Hanukkah present! Not coals to Newcastle at all, I happen to be pretty much out of olive oil as well.

Nice!

After SNL shamed me for not doing a better job filling JZ's stocking I went to the ... she's got a Fancy Stocking ... That's very full.

I, apparently, discussed the full stocking concept seriously enough with my DP that he went out today and bought more things.

Tim and I don't do stockings, which is kind of weird because my family always did them growing up AND we still have stockings at my mom and stepdad's (though I don't know if we get stocking stuff this year since we're doing a drive-by bestowal of presents). That said, gifts are emphatically NOT my love language, so I hit a point where it's hard as hell to come up with ideas for presents, much less smaller stuff for stockings. So no stockings between us is no big deal, especially this year when I have zero Christmas spirit.

msbelle, someone mentioned Knott's above. My mom LOVED their gift boxes of jams. (Which I generally bought at Target, et al, but I assume could be acquired locally as well).

My sister's not-husband (long-term live-in boyfriend) is back in the hospital and things seem dire. He had his gallbladder removed a few weeks ago, and it seems that the surgeon put in a stent and did it wrong, and now there is damage to his liver. This went on way too long without being taken seriously enough. He's lost almost 30 pounds and he throws up bile every time he eats more than two bites of food. Hell, *I* knew it was his liver, how come the doctor thought it was fucking pneumonia? He has surgery tomorrow to try to remove the lesions from his liver, and then he could be in the hospital for weeks. My sister is scared to death. I'm worried too. He's a really good guy and they have been really good for each other. Please send some Buffista healing ~ma to my sister's Sam?

Oh no Zenkitty! Tons of ~ma!