No more classes until next year!! Maybe I'll be able to catch up on my laundry now...hmm
So for this Christmas, I am actually earning a real paycheck, from both jobs! Thanks to that blessing, I'm actually able to afford Christmas presents for everyone!! Yay!! Unfortunately, being able to afford Christmas presents still involves spending a lot of money, or at least, my version of the term 'a lot of money'. You would think that with only two adults and 3 kids to shop for...well, two adults, one kid and two teenagers (who would be perfectly satisfied with $10.00 gift cards to Panda Express), that it shouldn't be too hard to come up with Christmas gifts that don't make me cringe every time I pull out my card. But alas things are not as they should be. If they were I would have a really cute car instead of an ever so faithful van that needs duct tape on the right side mirror, has a broken left turn signal and nonexistent A/C. I would be able to spend as much money as I want on anything I wanted; I'm thinking it would mostly involve buying lots of cute clothes. I would have my own studio to practice in and would be able to have private coaching sessions every day. I would also have my own very large desk. Something like this...
Just think, not only would my computer and printer fit on this, but I could also keep my sewing stuff on it. With an added bonus of shelf space for my Breyer Horse collection!! Note: I'm an keeping myself blissfully unaware of the price tag.
Oh yeah, and I'd have at least one really big German Shepherd dog that worships the ground I walk on...sigh.
Still, even with life the way it is , constantly running around, freaking out because I think I'm 30 seconds late and always craving Chinese food, there are perks.
To name a few:
1.) Tomorrow evening, my students and I will be dancing our Christmas performance at Ingram Park Mall right smack in front of Dillards. This will be a wonderful opportunity to showcase my students' talents, as well as my teaching skills. I think I'll stop at Panda while I'm there...
2.) I finally have my own space heater for my bedroom! It's currently working very hard at keeping my room temperature a blissful 80* during the day and 85* at night. It is my hope that warmer air throughout the night will result in less achy joints in the morning.
3.) NETFLIX!! For those times that I am actually home. It makes folding and hanging up large amounts of laundry and putting it all away in my Mary Poppins closet, that much more enjoyable.
4.) I am also (recently) able to afford food sometimes. I was able to treat Mandy (little sister, age 8) to Sonic this afternoon. I would have taken her to the Wok Inn, but she doesn't like Asian food (Insert all manner of horrified, shocked and dismayed sound effects here). This was great for Mandy because she is always asking for food. The kid's meal "toy" was stupid, as usual, but who cares when you have incredibly unhealthy french fries to enjoy?
And that's the end of my really long, strange post that very clearly spells out (I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING INTERESTING TO WRITE BUT I'M REALLY BORED). Now that I've successfully wasted 10 minutes of your time, I wish you luck in finding more interesting and hopefully more amusing reading material elsewhere.
