Fa la la la...

Guess who finished all of her family Christmas shopping today?Well, kind of.

You see, out of all my Christmas ambitions, to work out, to read about love, to and make my own gifts this year, the only one I've been keeping is the one about presents. Sad, but true.

I've read a little, and even memorized the first passage I've dug into - "Be completely humble and gentle; Be patient, bearing with one another in love." Isn't that pretty? And I learned it, years out of a school environment which last required me to know things by heart.

But working out, yeah. the last time I did, I did well. I did 5 minutes of strength training, 10 minutes of yoga, and 10 minutes of cardio. And then I stopped. Completely. It's been really hard to get to yoga classes, since they're 30 minutes away from work and home, and I feel like I am tied down to both places these days, especially with work, where I currently am, chipping away at a troublesome report and waiting on a friend in town to call me back. So my plan, Stan, is to get to the gym either tonight or tomorrow morning, and to get to yoga tomorrow evening and at least a few times this week before heading south for Christmas! Not exactly an accomplishment, but a start!

So gifts, fun gifts. What can I say about them without spoiling the surprise? Well, S knows what his gift is. It's a song, and it has been so fun to work on, because I literally get inspiration for the melody or lyrics out of thin air, and have to rush to my computer to type them in like a fancy-pants author or something. A song is the least I can do for him, since he's giving me a little something like this for a present this year, and I am so excited!!!

As for M & K, they're gifts are still secret, but I am playing a bit of Santa phone tag with them to make sure they'll like them (of course, I talk to M for K's gift and vice versa). Don't crack and tell the one about the other's gift, my Elves! Santa will be there soon enough!!

So, I am in a good holiday mood. If my friend doesn't call back soon, I think I'll be en route to pick up some Christmas cards or to window shop some more. It's a good time of year..

UPDATE: Guess who just finished S's song?!

Proof: (It's the paper on top.) Now to memorize it and re-learn the guitar in 2 weeks...