Contented

Surprise

So just when I was telling Bus Snob today that I'm all blogged out, I suddenly felt like writing tonight. I think I just got overwhelmed by self-imposed holiday responsibilities this month, and couldn't quite bring myself to require a daily... or even weekly... contribution here.

But that's okay... my blog, just like everything else in my life, is simply evolving. I started it hoping to document a year of my life. I may still do so, just not so intensely. I mean, when one has nothing to report but the same-old, same-old, it gets rather tedious.

They DIDN’T forget me!

But tonight I feel good... content. Christmas is over... all of my self-imposed Christmas duties are done with, and I can stop and relax and not think of anything. After getting slightly down for not receiving very many cards this year, I suddenly had no less than 4 waiting for me in my mailbox tonight. Yay! Oh, I'd told myself that everybody else was probly simply late in getting theirs out, as was I, but sometimes logic simply doesn't take precedence. Especially when stressing. lol

The Trouble With Gift Baskets

Though, I must say it was a very pleasant surprise to receive a package in the mail from The Wanderer! She’d warned me ahead of time that it would be coming… late, she thought, but it actually got here a few days before Christmas. It was kinda funny… just after she told me about it while we were chatting, I started to lament the fact that my department at work receives a LOT of gift baskets of candy and cookies and popcorn and various and sundry OTHER stuff that’s not even remotely good for you. AND all of this stuff is stationed RIGHT next to my desk. So resisting the urge to munch on all this great stuff within hand’s reach was impossible.

Unfortunately, however, I’m fairly sure all that crap in my system contributed to the migraine I was fighting all week. *sigh* So there I was complaining about it, and the poor woman suddenly gets quiet, then says: “Oh crap… that’s just what *I* sent you!” *snicker* I had to backpeddle a bit to assure her that I would most assuredly thoroughly enjoy her cookies when they arrived… which I did, by the way. However, she DID say she wouldn’t mind if I shared them. Which was a good thing.

Inspiration

Amway, more on my good mood today: in one of the cards, a second cousin of mine asked how she could access my blog, since I'd mentioned it in my Christmas newsletter. She's always encouraged me to write, and even asked to be added to my Christmas Card list precisely because she enjoys my letters. That can't help but make a person feel good. Perhaps that's what inspired my enthusiasm to revisit this place. Either way, I wanted to express my thoughts at this exact moment... and, more importantly, didn't feel obligated to do so. So here I am. :) AND I even feel like catching up with all I’ve missed bloggin about this month. This to come shortly.

One Last Benny for the Day

Oh, and I got to take off of work early today. Granted, it was in order for the dentist to poke a bunch of pointy objects about in my mouth, but getting off early is getting off early.