Life continues to be busy & crazy & stressful & overwhelming but always interesting & worthwhile. Time has flown by & I can’t believe it’s the end of the semester & I am working on many, many things.
These are the questions I’ve been asking myself this week:
When did it get to be December?
Why I can’t I do grocery shopping online?
How addicted to caffeine should I become?
Where can I buy a small & sad Christmas tree?
The official Christmas season [not the retail Christmas season, which started before Halloween] is upon us & I’ve hardly noticed. This has always been my favorite time of year in the past. The day after Thanksgiving I’d begin stringing lights about, listening to my favorite carols and hope for snow. Strangely, I’ve become more & more disillusioned with Christmas these past few years & haven’t managed to be an endless stream of Yuletide cheer.
I’m not sure what’s causing this, although the Christmas I worked at Target left a bad taste in my mouth, to be sure. And last year I was alone for Christmas while Joel was across the country, saying goodbye to his grandmother in a hospital. Right now I’m so focused on school that it’s hardly crossed my mind that Christmas is nearing. Perhaps my tumultuous journey of leaving Christianity behind has soured the experience a bit, as well.
However, although I may not be dancing about, singing carols and giving away candy canes, there is one thing I still love just as much – buying people presents. I love it. I’ve done a lot of shopping on Etsy so far and I plan on doing a lot more at Shadow Art Fair [at Corner Brewery this Saturday, be sure to come!]. Also, we’re planning on getting a Christmas tree this year [we didn't last year] & since we don’t have much money or space, I want to get a small Charlie Brown tree. Nothing fancy, nothing showy, just something simple to make the apartment feel a little more special.
In addition to some christmas shopping, I ordered myself a few books today – Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger and Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold. At the moment I have neither the energy nor the brainpower to write you brilliant summaries, but I’ve read chapters of each & they are both very good books. Each title links you to a blog with entries pertaining to the book topics, as well as other information on the book. Plus, I’m sure to comment and review them once they arrive & I read them.
For now, I’m going to read some articles & practice summoning ice cream…
