January Already?

Ah yes, it's January already. Yesterday the Wii Fit told me that my "Fit Age" was 56, on year older than I am, but actually it was only 11 days older than I was yesterday. Time makes fools of us all.

Rolling right along, I spent some time with the Chum today, who repaired my broken Mickey Mouse statue -- I can't find the entry where I wrote that it was broken -- more or less; it would have been perfect but I smeared the glue a little and now his chest his glue-shiny instead of matte like the rest of home. But I have him in a better place now where I can see him everyday, but not close enough to see the glue, and I'm hardly planning to sell him, so all is okay. And if I want, I can put him on the living room shelf next to the Lladro shepherd my mother glued the head back onto 35 years ago.

So here's my idiot move of the day, or more precisely, my noticing the idiot move I made on Christmas. I bought a Sigg metal water bottle each for my niece and nephew (Hubs' side) and my Chum. I put each one in a gift bag, same size, but matching patterns for the kids and a different one for the Chum. (Or not, as it turns out.) I added an amusing datebook to the Chum's bag, and a $100 AmEx gift card to each of the kids'. Gave the kids their gifts on Christmas. Gave the Chum hers today. She pulled out the water bottle, raved, I said "There's something else in there" and she pulled out a $100 gift card. OOOPS! I wonder which of the kids got stiffed? Anyway, I called my sister-in-law right away but had to leave a message; I want to send out the gift card in the mail tomorrow (the Chum knew it wasn't for her; we don't gift on that level) but I want the kid to know it's coming and which one to send it to. Oh me.

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Technically, today was the last day of the Christmas break, since it's back to work on Monday, and school's closed every weekend, but I'm going to let that vacation vibe linger for another couple of days. I'm getting my nails done tomorrow and R is coming over Sunday, by which time we should know if her upcoming housing change is going to happen, or not. When I talked to her on the phone before, the boyfriend got on and thanked me again for the Barnes and Noble giftcard we gave him for Christmas and told me what he bought with it today. It was very cute.

I'm going to go have some leftover white pizza for dinner, and then I'll know for sure if that's what's got my stomach going or not. Sometimes you have to make the sacrifice for the sake of knowledge.


WATCHING FAMILY GUY :: ENTRY #1953
READING: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke