December 1, 2010
My new best friend is my iphone. She is the one I share my morning coffee and sunrise with. I scroll down the mail and say good morning to Amazon, Frongate, Endless, Motivation In a Minute and most days, there is a check in- email from Kym.
Next I check facebook to see what my friends are up to. Sometimes I comment sometimes I am just a voyeur. Then I check the weather. I like to know what the sky is doing in the cities that hold the people I love. Did you know that today it is colder in Spanish Fort Alabama than it is in New York? I wonder if Stephanie has a sweater.
Most of the time I go straight to words with friends and send my wordy friends a word. Not today. It seems I have a repetitive stress injury in my right hand, wrist, arm and shoulder from the way I hold my hand and arm when I move those little tiles around. Very telling about my life don’t you think? I like to think of words with friends as meditation. That somehow makes it less pathetic. I also think of it as exercise for my brain but I think that may be stretching the truth just a little bit. Most of my words have three letters, sometimes less. Still, they are letters.
Last night I rode with Stacy down to Ventura to do a little Christmas Shopping. As much as I love it, Christmas is work! We wandered aimlessly around H&M trying to put together outfits for just a couple of our young adult kids and grandkids and may I just say, THAT was exercise for my brain!
Christmas has always been my favorite time of year. It is way more than a day or a night. Christmas is an attitude. Peace, love, beauty, generosity and being together to celebrate love. The thing about making it all magical is the behind- the- scenes-part of Christmas. Right now the behind the scenes bottom of my closet and Tom’s is completely covered with boxes from UPS and shopping bags from Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Macy’s and H&M, oh and two boxed things that are each the size of a small car! None of this is wrapped!
I have a ten foot, beautiful Noble Pine standing unadorned at one end of my living room. I will not ask Tom to bring the umpteen boxes and bins that house the ornaments and lights down from the attic until Saturday which is the first full day I have without commitments, when I can begin the three-day process of “putting up Christmas.” In the meantime the Thursday girls are coming for dinner tomorrow and I need to go to the grocery store, shop, put it all away and then cook.
Today I am having lunch with a dear friend. I plan to exercise first and maybe shop a little more. My right arm hurts like all get out and I’m wishing I had an assistant.
Yes Christmas is magical! But you know the truth about magic don’t you? It is all done with smoke and mirrors, maybe some elves and Santa back at the North Pole getting it all ready.
Dear Santa,
do you have email or a facebook page? I would like to know your status regarding Christmas.
My life is so glamorous! It’s just not fair, lucky for me!!
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