Maybe it's the pig tails I'm wearing
I have been dumb as a rock all day. Witness exhibit "A", willingly choosing to go to a mall to shop for Xmas presents. I managed to mis-read about four different things on LJ today, which made me trying to participate in anything fairly pointless. I flip-flopped on a decision to go to Austin for the Marsathon about six times. I made three separate trips out to get quarters so I could do the mountains of laundry piled up in my bedroom. I forgot what I was doing between one end of my little bitty baby condo and the other. Repeatedly. Oy.
Nevertheless, t'was a productive day. The trip to the mall yielded a few good finds so I have most of my shopping done. Before December 24th for a change. The laundry is done, folded and put away. The holiday decorations are up. I have tickets to both nights in Austin, which makes the trip worth while. Spent about four hours on the phone catching up with various people.
In entirely unrelated news, I have fallen in love with Tai Shan. After hearing mention of his arrival a couple of times in the last few months, on Friday I went looking for pictures. Have you ever seen anything cuter in your life? Then tonight on Animal Planet they're showing the story of his parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and the little guy's arrival. And I cried through the *whole* thing. Of course I proceeded to cry through "Growing Up Orangutan" and "Growing Up Baboon" too, so maybe this is hormonal or something.
I hope everyone else's weekend is going well. So many of you have stressful things going on. I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with everyone, but you've been in my thoughts!! By the way, ursamajor, happy belated birthday dear. :)
Nevertheless, t'was a productive day. The trip to the mall yielded a few good finds so I have most of my shopping done. Before December 24th for a change. The laundry is done, folded and put away. The holiday decorations are up. I have tickets to both nights in Austin, which makes the trip worth while. Spent about four hours on the phone catching up with various people.
In entirely unrelated news, I have fallen in love with Tai Shan. After hearing mention of his arrival a couple of times in the last few months, on Friday I went looking for pictures. Have you ever seen anything cuter in your life? Then tonight on Animal Planet they're showing the story of his parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and the little guy's arrival. And I cried through the *whole* thing. Of course I proceeded to cry through "Growing Up Orangutan" and "Growing Up Baboon" too, so maybe this is hormonal or something.
I hope everyone else's weekend is going well. So many of you have stressful things going on. I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with everyone, but you've been in my thoughts!! By the way, ursamajor, happy belated birthday dear. :)