It makes me so happy when mom leaves me enough for 2 cups of coffee...
*happy sigh as I sip my 2nd cup of coffee*
*slight grimace because we're out of creamer. I used milk. NOT the same.*
Apparently we got snow last night. I am SO not in the mood for that right now! I mean, it's pretty, but I can only handle it around two weeks or so...and those two weeks should be around Christmas. Other than that, it can just go away.
Joe and I went shopping last night. My Dad's birthday, his Nephew's birthday, and my Younger Brother's birthday are all coming up very soon (Dad and Logan on October 20, Sam on November 6.) and we needed to get a few presents. We went to Woodland Mall, which was pretty fun...sans the part where we were bickering over totally unimportant things. This is what happens when we haven't spent a lot of time together in a while; we nitpick for a bit, but then we're ok. So at least we got that out of the way :-)
Sam's a tough kid to hunt for. What do you get an almost-17-year-old? We decided on a couple magazines (one from mom, one from me...we're going to wrap up the issues and give it to him to open on his birthday, but we're also going to send away for a year's worth of subscriptions to both magazines. Joe tried to talk me into getting Sam Hustler or Playboy. I know he was joking, but...no. I'm very protective of my brother anyway, and I didn't think that was very funny. Especially since my baby brother is almost all grown up, and I don't want to even THINK of him WANTING a magazine like that...*can almost feel gray hairs popping out all over my head*) and since one of Sam's and my favorite shows is How I Met Your Mother, and Sam's going to go as Barney Stinson for Halloween, Joe got him a copy of "the Bro Code". I think he's going to love it. My other gift for Sam is a scarf that I knitted in his high school colors. I don't really think that he'd use it, but at least the thought is there.
Logan is about as hard, but I think I know what I'm going to do for him. He's going to be 13 (???I think???) and he's SUPER smart for his age...so I think I'm going to get him a gift certificate to a book store. He loves to read, so I think it would be perfect for him. AND, so as not to show favoritism, I think it would be a good idea to take him to a movie, too. After all, when it was his younger brother's birthday, that's what we did, and I don't want him to feel left out.
Dad is...well, Dad's not as hard as one might think, but knowing what I've gone through the past three years or so, I don't honestly know if it's worth it to get him anything. I mean, since the divorce, dad and I have had a very rocky time trying to get our relationship back on track. I didn't speak to him for 6 months, and even though we're reconnecting again, it's very hard for me to talk to him like we used to. And because of that, and because of everything he put me through (and is STILL putting me through), I don't honestly know if he deserves to have anything from me except a simple "happy birthday." I honestly don't know any more.
Wow, bit of a depressing turn there...hopefully my next entry will be happier and a little less brutally honest.
*slight grimace because we're out of creamer. I used milk. NOT the same.*
Apparently we got snow last night. I am SO not in the mood for that right now! I mean, it's pretty, but I can only handle it around two weeks or so...and those two weeks should be around Christmas. Other than that, it can just go away.
Joe and I went shopping last night. My Dad's birthday, his Nephew's birthday, and my Younger Brother's birthday are all coming up very soon (Dad and Logan on October 20, Sam on November 6.) and we needed to get a few presents. We went to Woodland Mall, which was pretty fun...sans the part where we were bickering over totally unimportant things. This is what happens when we haven't spent a lot of time together in a while; we nitpick for a bit, but then we're ok. So at least we got that out of the way :-)
Sam's a tough kid to hunt for. What do you get an almost-17-year-old? We decided on a couple magazines (one from mom, one from me...we're going to wrap up the issues and give it to him to open on his birthday, but we're also going to send away for a year's worth of subscriptions to both magazines. Joe tried to talk me into getting Sam Hustler or Playboy. I know he was joking, but...no. I'm very protective of my brother anyway, and I didn't think that was very funny. Especially since my baby brother is almost all grown up, and I don't want to even THINK of him WANTING a magazine like that...*can almost feel gray hairs popping out all over my head*) and since one of Sam's and my favorite shows is How I Met Your Mother, and Sam's going to go as Barney Stinson for Halloween, Joe got him a copy of "the Bro Code". I think he's going to love it. My other gift for Sam is a scarf that I knitted in his high school colors. I don't really think that he'd use it, but at least the thought is there.
Logan is about as hard, but I think I know what I'm going to do for him. He's going to be 13 (???I think???) and he's SUPER smart for his age...so I think I'm going to get him a gift certificate to a book store. He loves to read, so I think it would be perfect for him. AND, so as not to show favoritism, I think it would be a good idea to take him to a movie, too. After all, when it was his younger brother's birthday, that's what we did, and I don't want him to feel left out.
Dad is...well, Dad's not as hard as one might think, but knowing what I've gone through the past three years or so, I don't honestly know if it's worth it to get him anything. I mean, since the divorce, dad and I have had a very rocky time trying to get our relationship back on track. I didn't speak to him for 6 months, and even though we're reconnecting again, it's very hard for me to talk to him like we used to. And because of that, and because of everything he put me through (and is STILL putting me through), I don't honestly know if he deserves to have anything from me except a simple "happy birthday." I honestly don't know any more.
Wow, bit of a depressing turn there...hopefully my next entry will be happier and a little less brutally honest.