It is 10 o'clock and I am bound for bed so I can get up at the crack of dawn (actually well before dawn even thinks of cracking) and put in a few hours of work so I can spend the remainder of the day with the Bumble Bean. This evening I tried very hard to get through my list of all the things I need to do to be ready for Christmas. I tried very hard to give a damn about Christmas and my list.
I added "taste test Lemon Drop Martini recipes" so I could cross it off the list because I was going to do that while I "made shopping list for Christmas food." While attempting to open the nip of Limoncello, I cut up my hand, but no matter, the alcohol content of the martini soon made everything better.
I decided to cross off the entry for "wrap Christmas presents" because the Big Bad Bean is right that it is a shameful waste of resources...including my time. The Bumble Bean's presents are in plastic grocery bags inside a huge box. Works for me. And I know he won't care.
Then, even though it wasn't on the list and I was too lazy to add it just to cross it off again, I decided that I would paint the little wooden hinged snake I got the Bumble "just because" not for Christmas. With two tiny tiny containers of paint and a brush the size of a toothpick, I managed to get it all over my hands and some on face. Some spark of brilliance, possibly due to the taste testing, led me to paint both the top and the bottom of the snake. I'm hoping it will not permanently adhere to the table as it dries.
"Send Christmas email invitation" will have to wait for tomorrow so my recent insanity paired with the dutiful recipe-tasting doesn't cause me to make some incredibly stupid and embarrassing error in the email, like the wrong date for Christmas or the wrong address. Considering the frequency with which I make these kinds of mistakes, you'd think I wouldn't bother to feel embarrassed any more. Perhaps I'll add that to the list so I can keep crossing it off: "practice not feeling embarrassed when doing stupid things."
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