All Things Woompty

It's over when I say it's over

Christmas is over and done, but my trees are still up. Yes, my treeS, plural. I upgraded the home tree to a 6 foot faker so I took the 4 foot one in to my office. I come from a family where the tree tended to stay up until mid-January or total tree dry out, whichever came first. Both the moms and I have converted to fake trees, they pretty much just stay up until we are damn well ready to take them down.

And since I am lazy and a procrastinator, I leave the trees up until the freeway lights come down.

The freeway lights have been around since I was a little kid. They consist of simple strands of outdoor tree lights, draped along the sides of the bridges that cross the 805 freeway. They were always (and still are) the first lights to appear, usually right after Thanksgiving. I have no idea who puts them up or who takes them down; it might be the city or it might be some community group here in North Park, but one thing I do know is that the holidays aren't over until the freeway lights come down. And if anyone dares to argue with me on that fact, I may have to kick them repeatedly in the shins.

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I have to admit, there's times I definitely smell like the antidote to yummy.

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Christmas was not very dramatic for us this year. Mellow time spent with fmaily that (for the most part) gets along. Two days with the Moms, three hours with Kev's dad & stepmom.

An even trade, that.

LoLo had a much more dramatic Christmas, bad enough that she called me, from Hawaii, for a dose of venting and a sanity check. Poor girl. Her family is the definition of dysfunctional and she's finally gotten to the point where she is done with it all and ready to take care of herself first. It's a rough place to be, and I hope she follows through with the therapy she has promised herself.

It's still hard to believe that I'm the sane friend nowadays.

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My boss is in Mammoth all week. Kevin only has to work one day this week. Assistant boss is working from home in her pajamas all week.

So why the fuck was I at work listening to people arguing with me all day?

I have no idea.

posted by Melinda @ 9:29 PM