My Love

Spending time with my special love
Before I go back to work tomorrow.

Family

Most of my relatives live in a different state,
So I hardly see them at all.
But yesterday my two oldest practical nieces came over,
And we played games, laughed, and talked.
Oh, and the younger one got a sugar high.
It was all fun, and really, the only extended family I needed.

Good Christmas

It was a good Christmas.

New house, same routine.

Stockings, breakfast, big gifts, down time, Christmas meal.

This year two friends came over for the dinner.

I took a nap during down time - that is the only thing new.

And it was good.

Through the Classics

This break I am reading through the classic novels.
The abridged kids' versions at least,
Which I borrowed from the library.
Here is what they are filled with:

-main character does something stupid, gets into trouble, blames fate and/or God
-main character, having been rescued, does something else stupid, gets into trouble,
blames fate and/or God again
-repeat at least one more time, sometimes more
-ends up at the end of the journey, summarizes their fateful life, and leaves off that life goes on in their tragic life

Seriously? This is what we call classics? At least literature today is filled with diverse (if not overused) plot lines, more interesting characters (who are more outwardly flawed - not these "I'm the greatest person ever" douchebags who blame everything on God or the fates), and lively (i.e. more graphic) action. (Although maybe the real version is more graphic, I don't know, but the stories would still be mostly boring.)

These works are seriously lacking almost everything that I would call great.
I suffer through them because I am an avid reader who still desires to know the basic stories, boring as I have found them. Luckily, I think I have only two left (that I have misplace and need to find). Ha!

Christmas Shopping

Finished last Monday with my BFF,
And go tomorrow with my dad.
It's all gone so fast,
But I am glad when spending money's done.

Loans

I would really like to get them paid off.

Little by little, each month, a dent is made.

But it only seems like pennies in a black hole.

Sigh.

Party

Today was the first party at the new house - a Christmas party.

It was my parents' party, for helpers at church,

And it went surprisingly very well.

The only two couples who toured the house were people I wanted to -

My friends and the pastor's wife whom I love -

And everybody else was too busy to notice.

Fun, food, and fellowship -

What a wonderful Sunday afternoon.