Another great day. Colby's daddy came to visit with him and I went to Wal-Mart (why did I go there on the weekend?!) and also went Krogering. Was happier than a cat covering shit when I saw Kroger had Chex cereal on sale. Yeah baby. Scooped up on 4 boxes. It's not Christmas around here until Mama whips out some Chex mix, plain and simple. Still have 0 gifts bought. Don't even have my list made out yet. Do I care? Eh, not really. We spent time with great friends this weekend and loved every minute of it. And if you ask me, that's what the holidays are for. Not walking around a hot, overcrowded mall buying gifts for people who don't need or want for anything in the first place. I love everything about Christmas except for the shopping. I'm determined not to get stressy and give in to the commercialism of Christmas this year. So far, so good. TIME is all I want from my friends and family. Let's just be together, eat, drink and be merry, have a chuckle or 2.
After I got home, put Colby up in his chair and got the eye gaze going. His little eyes were just dancing around everywhere. I loved watching him. That's all I ask, that he TRY, put some effort into it. Of course he went to the remote page and tried to turn on the TV. Currently he can't because the eye gaze is set up to turn on a different TV. Then he went back a couple screens and said, in this order, "please, work" then tried the remote control page again. I swear that's exactly how it happened. Hilarious! He's such a sweetie. Wasn't too interested in the science page today. He kept choosing "play", then it would go to his games page and instead of picking a game, he would just choose "that". I never was really able to figure out what he wanted to play. Overall he tried really hard and did an awesome job with eye gaze today, and I'm thankful I got to see it.
Why do things have to be so complicated sometimes? While at Kroger I decided I wanted some eggnog, because you know, 'tis the season to see how many calories you can intake in a day's time. I swear there were 2 shelves and a dozen choices of eggnog. What the hell? When I was a kid you bought either eggnog or boiled custard. Remember that? Now it's regular eggnog, low fat, cinnamon, pumpkin, etc. Guess what they were out of, uh-huh, regular, plain-flavored eggnog. If it ain't broke…
I'm getting good feedback from this "I'm thankful for something every day" thing I've got going on. Some people are sharing what they're thankful for, some people are just saying they're doing it. I think it's great either way. I'm beginning to think maybe thanksgiving is a habit that we can all form with a little time. You get up and brush your teeth every morning, or at least I hope you do. Maybe we can all wake up and think of 1 or more thing(s) we're thankful for. It's made a huge difference in my attitude lately. Even on crappy days seems like I can find 1 little thing to give thanks for, making the hours and days that follow not quite so crappy. I'm not trying to blow sunshine up anyone's butt, just saying seems like if you try, you can find something, somebody, somewhere that makes you smile or brings you joy. I prefer to stay focused on that over the BS that just brings you down and you probably can't change anyways.
Off to bed. Lots to do this week. Baking and delivering Christmas goodies. Having lunch with a friend. Working at hospital. Biggest Loser finale to watch. Taking Colby to Hospice party. Hopefully having dinner with another friend. And who knows, might even get that Christmas list started. Nighty night everyone. Have a good week. Don't let the holidays stress you out. Not worth it. Enjoy every minute you can with friends and family, go to a church service, etc. Give the holiday season meaning and make some special memories, hear me?
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