Sunday, December 25, 2005
Ah, the holidayze. . .
Overall, I've had a lovely day. The box of "Mystery Stuff" for my son (from
American Scientific Surplus was a hit even beyond my expectations. This is in large part due to the fact that my son is quite a joyful boy. How many 10 year old boys would be thrilled to get pink birthday candles, plastic happy birthday signs, ballarina gift bags (for his cousin Hannah, he said) garage organizer stuff, Memo pens (actually, those were cool) size 7E shoe extenders, candle holders, cards, a clock, thumbtack holder/sticker-inee things and on and on. He gave the garage organizing material to his grandfather and the candle holders to his grandmother.
There was a lot of mystery stuff and he had great fun going through it. Then we went to my brother's and my son got to play with his cousins and get and give more gifts. Then home, etc. Fortunately, I am not in charge of cooking. My other brother came over for Christmas dinner and he had fun playing his his uncle. My son and I worked on a jigsaw puzzle. From a very early age, he was killer at puzzles. We were up to 1000 piece puzzles by the time he was three. I thought I was good until I saw him in action. It's humbling for an adult to get shown up by a 3 year old, and it happened until I just learned to shut up and let him put the pieces together. He has a freaky (for me) spacial ability. He used to do Blair Witch Project type sculptures (If you haven't seen the movie, don't ask) as soon as he could safely hold a hammer. They were life size and larger.
So, now the kitchen is clean and the dishwasher is running. I got a very small amount of writing done. I think I've narrowed my short storis down to the best three to send. I have a sneaking suspicion nothing will get mailed until Tuesday. Most is ready to go, I think. I hope.
