Quickie

(Yes, I am aware of the subtle sexual innuendo of my post title...you don't need to tell me, thanks).

I have approximately 20 minutes or less to post this, so I'm going to try to type as fast as possible and think just as quickly. Quite a challenge.

SO. I was just thinking about this holiday season and how I posted a few days (weeks?) ago that this Christmas is lame. I just wanted to set the record straight - yes, this Christmas season started off lame, but it has actually shaped up to be not so bad. At first, there was no snow, no tree, no shopping, no presents, and basically no holiday cheer. To take the place of all the happy holiday stuff, there was a lot of drama, a lot of stress, quite a few tears, and even one attempt at running away (see November's 'One of THOSE Nights').

However, it has gotten better. There's officially snow on the ground, our tree is decorated, we've made dozens of cookies, and decorated them like crazy bitches (oh, wait...), I have some (not a lot, not even most, but some) shopping done (I know, okay? Don't judge), and I've been surviving on peppermint mochas from Starbucks since mid-November.

Now, I'm jamming to some Christmas tunes and getting ready for the girls to come over so we can eat orange chicken from Tasty Garden (best Chinese place EVER)(although you always hear people say this, 'It's the best Chinese place ever, I think they even serve real chicken, not cat!')(perhaps it's just me)(anyway...), open gifts and chill out. And perhaps go check out the house in neighboring Avondale that has a giant preying mantis statue in the front yard. Am not kidding. Could not make this up. It doesn't even light up, so I don't really see what the point is, and they don't have it up any other time of year but Christmas. WTF?

Anyway, my quickie (heh, I'm mature - actually another good post for another day might be how I used to be ten times as mature as I am now when I was 13) point is that, well...'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.'