Tis' the Season
You know the holidays are over when you've finally played with all of your presents. Today, I finished installing one of my coolest gifts, XM Satellite Radio. Jan and Steve gave me the "Sky-Fi" system for my birthday, and Cory gave me the car adapter set for Christmas. It's seriously cool. For the first time since our ESPN Radio station turned into a gospel/latino station, I now can listen to the Dan Patrick Show either at home or in my car! Hooray!
I suppose at this point, I should mention that I'm a spoiled rotten only child. Even when I was a little kid, and we didn't have a lot of money, I always got tons of presents on Christmas. Even now, at the ripe old age of twenty-fourteen, I'm still pretty spoiled. It also doesn't hurt that my birthday is just two days after Christmas.
Last year, Jan and Steve got me this very computer for Christmas (along with a bunch of other cool stuff). This year, in addition to the XM, they also gave me a really nice digital camera (see the very cute picture of my cat below). I've played with almost all of my new "toys." I've already worn all my new clothes, and I haven't yet taken off the beautiful earrings that Cory got me. I still haven't watched my Winged Migration DVD (you may remember how disgruntled I was when I didn't get to see it at the theater). I still haven't gotten to play with my new golf clubs, either.
As for giving, I try to give good gifts. I really do... but this year I felt so uninspired. Maybe it's because I had to get all my shopping done by the first week of December. I just couldn't think of anything good to give anyone. Cory's easy enough... He always sees little gadgets he likes, so I just keep a mental checklist. Jan and Steve are another story. They're already pretty difficult to shop for, but living 900 miles away makes it a lot harder. For example, one of the gifts I got my dad was a computer game that I thought he'd really like. Only one problem: His computer's on the blink, so he won't be able to play it.
The next gift-giving challenge: Jan's Birthday, at the end of the month. I think she's going to come visit us for her birthday, though I still have to clear the time-off with work before she can make any plans. I still have four weeks to figure something out for her birthday.
You know the holidays are over when you've finally played with all of your presents. Today, I finished installing one of my coolest gifts, XM Satellite Radio. Jan and Steve gave me the "Sky-Fi" system for my birthday, and Cory gave me the car adapter set for Christmas. It's seriously cool. For the first time since our ESPN Radio station turned into a gospel/latino station, I now can listen to the Dan Patrick Show either at home or in my car! Hooray!
I suppose at this point, I should mention that I'm a spoiled rotten only child. Even when I was a little kid, and we didn't have a lot of money, I always got tons of presents on Christmas. Even now, at the ripe old age of twenty-fourteen, I'm still pretty spoiled. It also doesn't hurt that my birthday is just two days after Christmas.
Last year, Jan and Steve got me this very computer for Christmas (along with a bunch of other cool stuff). This year, in addition to the XM, they also gave me a really nice digital camera (see the very cute picture of my cat below). I've played with almost all of my new "toys." I've already worn all my new clothes, and I haven't yet taken off the beautiful earrings that Cory got me. I still haven't watched my Winged Migration DVD (you may remember how disgruntled I was when I didn't get to see it at the theater). I still haven't gotten to play with my new golf clubs, either.
As for giving, I try to give good gifts. I really do... but this year I felt so uninspired. Maybe it's because I had to get all my shopping done by the first week of December. I just couldn't think of anything good to give anyone. Cory's easy enough... He always sees little gadgets he likes, so I just keep a mental checklist. Jan and Steve are another story. They're already pretty difficult to shop for, but living 900 miles away makes it a lot harder. For example, one of the gifts I got my dad was a computer game that I thought he'd really like. Only one problem: His computer's on the blink, so he won't be able to play it.
The next gift-giving challenge: Jan's Birthday, at the end of the month. I think she's going to come visit us for her birthday, though I still have to clear the time-off with work before she can make any plans. I still have four weeks to figure something out for her birthday.
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