Christmas in the Trenches When you woke up this morning, you saw correctly - it is ONE WEEK until Christmas Day. Far be it from me to induce any more anxiety, for any of you, and hopefully by now you know my intentions are to help us all catch some oxygen during this season. Unfortunately, however, we are all bound to the same calendar and the exact measurement of the length of each day, so one of the real life and relatable ways in which we can find common ground together has to be discussed. Each of us finds ourselves in what can be effectively called, in the adult world, CRUNCH TIME. Crunch time is when many of us do our best work though, right? Deadlines tend to help people be productive, and I’d say there’s a fair bit of us that can testify firsthand about the superhuman way our adrenaline and focus seem to get us by in the nick of time, over and over. I should know, it’s been the same way for me for years at Christmas time. I have an insane amount of things it seems I ...
One Thanksgiving Night ___ …List out the things she wants. List out the things they want. List out some things we NEED.. …Check the major sites I hit online (to find things I will NOT see organized the same way in the store). Waiver over whether to get this one thing online or in person. (Oh wait, it says I have to activate that price online but scan from the shelf with my app in person? ) Be intrigued by plenty I don’t need. Remember I haven’t told anyone what I WANT… …Send out what I want. Can’t bear getting clothes identical to what I wore in high school again or another gadget for my junk drawer. Graphic socks seem to be in this year though (or have I slept a few years?) I’d better tell them what i’m into these days… Mark the sales I need for myself. Never gonna see that cheap again… Gotta get last few drops of caffeine in so I can, I c, an , I’m fa d i n g … Wake up, groggily hit the car. It’s ...