Overslept a little so had to sacrafice shaving my legs to the cause...I love winter and the thick opaque tights that go with it! I swear I could go 2 weeks without shaving before the forest would eventually break through these tights. Yesterday at daycare their "sensory exploration" time was hair gel, so a morning shower was definitely a must for Langston. He is hilarious in the shower with Jeff - he totally loves it. I hear him in there just whooping and giggling...he loves putting his hands in and out of the spray. And then it's very fun to wrap him up in a big fluffy towel and take him back to the changing table for the big dry-off. He especially loves when we towel off his hair. I don't know why...strange kid, I guess. Sigh.The past few weeks have just held daily clothing crises. I hate everything I own, I don't know why I bought any of it, it's all wrong, I'm too fat. It's just exhausting to try to put something together from what lurks in my closet. I keep reshuffling the clothes thinking I will come upon some gem...and I never do. I settled on an old denim skirt that never gets a negative review and my tall boots. Of course I was regretting the skirt by mid afternoon when it kept coming unzipped (!) What is with that?? I swear it's not even tight...just another reason to be in crisis.
As soon as I freed Langston from his crib (where he is warehoused while Jeff and I finish getting ready) he beelined for the living room and his Christmas carousel. His "papa" (Jeff's dad) gave
him this old plug-in carousel that plays Christmas carols. He is obsessed by it. He will sit and watch it for like 15 minutes at a time. Let's just say I'm glad that he enjoys it so much, but I'm quickly tiring of its "play-list" -- I mean really, Handel's Messiah? -- on a department store toy carousel? -- isn't that reaching a bit? Anyhow, even though the living room was totally dark, he bolts in there and sits down in front of it, willing it to start turning and singing -- too funny. As I retrieved him I promised that when he got home we would play with it again.While dropping Langston off at daycare I noticed the sign for the dreaded Christmas party. Oh really, must we? I'm so not interested in watching some Christmas program by my one-year-old's classmates. You know I love my son to death, but I don't love those other kids...and if I'm going to take an hour from work, I would prefer to just hang out with Langston. Anyhow, I did not sign up to bring treats but I did sign up to bring a book for the gift exchange. Good heavens...the kid is ONE YEAR OLD!!!
Work was pretty slow. I went out at lunch and shopped for the United Way family our department adopted. Looking at their list of requests I was struck by the simplicity of the needs. Things I take so for granted. Good grief, when I had to fill out my sheet listing my "wants" for the family gift exchange I was hard pressed to come up with anything that I wanted - let alone needed. There are so few "wants" that I've not already satsified. It was such a good reminder of how much I have to be thankful for. I had fun picking up things for the mom and daughter. Although I thought I was buying silver gift wrap and when I got back to work and started to wrap I realized I had bought clear
cellophane...uh, what do you think THIS present is huh? Big mystery. Good thing someone else had bought some.Then this afternoon I gave a presentation to a group of Steelcase salespeople about our PR strategy and resources. It's kind of fun to be on the firing line sometimes. They were hitting me with questions, questioning our tactics, looking for resources, etc. It's definitely a good exercise to be in the hot seat - I got kind of fired up over the whole thing.
And now I'm back at my desk. DesignTex sent me a pie (yum), DVS (a vendor) sent me an extremely random cd of their employees singing Christmas carols (I'm totally not joking) and a basket of homemade Christmas cookies and I found two new friends on Facebook. I love it!!
This week-end Jeff and I leave for Chicago to celebrate Jeff's birthday - which should be a total blast. We are staying at a B&B within an active monastary! Can't wait to see what that's all about.
