stress & success

christmas time is a blur of emotions, isn't it? merriment, stress, excitement, anticipation, and giddiness. i mean, presents! yes! who doesn't like presents. there is currently ONE present under the tree with my name on it (in the spot after "to" not "from"). at first i was happy about this, perhaps even merry. but now im slightly stressed. what's in this box? i gotta know. im excited and giddy at what the wrapped box may or may not contain. the anticipation is killing me. come on steven relent!! there's only a couple more days until christmas..or something like that. and i love LOVE decorating for christmas. i don't go crazy, i just like seeing sparkly lights and glitter all over. i wish we could decorate this way all the time. of course, our tree is 2 feet tall (almost) and contains one set of white lights and approximately 20 plastic snowflakes. not my best work, but work that is able to sit on a counter away from apollo. success. and these plastic snowflakes are not a choke hazard. double success.

speaking of success the work in which i get monetary value from is going ok. target, although not the ideal place to work, seems to be relatively undemanding. i think i may have even made a friend. it's too bad that everyone that works at target seems to be from a different town. bozeman is pretty expensive to live in, so most people commute to bozeman for work but live in surrounding little towns. so i have now made a friend, but she lives an hour away. which means, i have still made no bozeman friends. thank goodness i don't have that hour commute though. i'd hate it. i don't know if our trusty old buick would like it either. speaking of buick, our car is close to retirement. so if anyone else is buying a cool brand new car and wants to get rid of their not-so-cool-anymore old car - you know my number.

another update for work- i may/will probably be babysitting as well as working at target. so apollo will have a playmate a few days a week. im really excited but also slightly concerned. Luke, the little boy, is 14 months old. I fear this may open up a whole new set of rules in our house as Luke can probably walk, crawl, and find ways of getting into all sorts of trouble. i guess it's time to baby proof our house. today was supposed to be the first day, but Luke's father didn't have to work today. he's a construction worker, and his boss called off work as the temp is -10 degrees. yikes!