5K with mom is done. It was good to walk and talk with mom for almost an hour. Ran one errand for me and one for her and am back home now with load #2 in the washer. The child is still asleep, but I doubt very much that he slept the whole time I was gone. Now what to do. I want to:

Bake
clean more
rearrange front room in prep for tree
list things to sell.

I ran errands but didn't have much success at Christmas shopping, so I'll have to finish it up when I get back from Ireland unless I find things for my nieces along the way.

I did stop in to a local shop to buy pocky for my nieces and scored a neck pillow for $3. The neck pillows at Target were going for $40.

If you have any free time, Ireland sounds like a good place for gift-buying! Ditto India.

I'm totally buying shit at random and planning to return at least some of it. Probably not the best strategy, but at least it feels like progress?

I'm totally buying shit at random and planning to return at least some of it. Probably not the best strategy, but at least it feels like progress?

This is better than my plan, which is basically "Uh, hmm, maybe I could...no...or...ooh, maybe a [thing that would take lots of work and/or time]...eh....maybe..."

My Christmas shopping is done! Restaurant gift cards to two families who don't get a chance to go out and do sort-of-spendy things and a Barnes & Noble gift card to the housemate, who loves anime and manga.

Ginger is in the ICU. She was transported from the rehab facility last night. I have not given up all hope but things don't seem hopeful right now.

Thanks for letting us know, Zen. Keep us posted?

Oh shit.

Fuck.

I will, Amy.