23 December 2005 - 3:21 pm

I've come to a conclusion: my sister-in-law is wicked, wicked evil. I went Christmas shopping with her last night. We left around 6:30 and I didn't get home until midnight. I didn't know that there was Christmas shopping that could be done at midnight. But, an important discovery was made: McDonald's drive-thru is still open at midnight. Score!

(Confidential to Justin: my sister-in-law thinks you look like a beatnik.)

What lies is the tv spewing now? "The perfect gift for every woman on your list" is the Oprah 20th anniversary DVD collection. If anyone gets me that, there will be bloodshed.

Anyway, back to the shop-a-thon. I'm still kinda in pain from it. If it were physically possible, and if they had any kind of consciousness, my feet would have left me during the night. But, at least I'm done with my shopping. Finally.

I've been in an annoyingly good mood for the last few days. Like I'm annoying myself kind of good mood. It's because reality hasn't set in yet and I haven't started worrying. I've only just made a decision. I'm applying for grad school for next fall--the Library Sciences program. I've only barely started thinking about all the things I need to do before then: take the GRE, finish my admission statement and applications, get transcripts sent, find 3 people to write recommendations, get accepted, and oh yeah, find a job that won't drive me nuts for 8 months until the semester starts. But I haven't started worrying about all of that (too much) yet. I'll get to that after this weekend. Making the decision has put me in a good mood for basically the last week, and only a very few things have been able to stomp (temporarily) all over that good mood.

What else has been going on? Hmmm... I met the man of my dreams. Oh, he's beautiful and funny and charming and, oh dear god, his girlfriend is a total bitch. His girlfriend, in fact, reminds me a lot of my brother's psycho ex. He's a shoalin brown belt, and a friend of my brother's, and did I mention he's beautiful? He is.

What else? Oh, yeah, I'm going to Louisiana next week to visit the family. I must've been insane when I agreed to go on this trip. Of course we're driving, but it's going to be me, my mother, my father, and my sister. Two whole days in a car with them and then three days visiting the rest of my crazy family. Because my brother has to work, he and his wife were let off the hook about going with us. Geez! I should've lied to parents about someone coming into town or come up with some reason why I couldn't go.

Speaking of the trip, I need to go check on my laundry.

reflect - repent