ho ho ho

the holidays are in full swing aside from the lack of snowfall and good cheer. the time of the year when people set aside their differences and embrace the spirit of old saint nick. what's a fat guy in tights have anything to do with this holiday? or a mall full of greedy shoppers ready to sideline you with a blow from a shopping cart for that matter? don't get me wrong. i do enjoy the holidays. i've thought about legally changing my name to santa even. when i was 4. there just seems to be a buzz. it also doesn't hurt that it's the time of year when little dwarf like creatures make themselves small enough to fit through your keyhole and unlock your door to treasures and wonder. at least that's what i heard once at school. i do enjoy the short folks. i've found that 'wonder' seems to quickly fade away as you get older. i don't so much wonder how the jolly fella makes it around the entire world in one night... instead i wonder why people christmas shop in sweatpants and antler hats. why the woman in front of me at the checkout can't seem to detach her face from her phone long enough to greet the friendly cashier on the other side of the register. why fruitcake still exists. and why people camp out in front of electronic stores 12 hours before they are open to buy the latest and greatest gift, that will surely be on sale next week. i just don't get it. it was cold this morning. i'd like to buy cooper a giant blanket he could curl up in and stay warm at night with... but i know he'd eat it. he's eaten part of his house. just the entry way. perhaps it's too small for him. i'm glad the week is over. i should've mowed one last time before it got this cold. i like peppermint more than spearmint any day of the week, but i wouldn't say i'm a huge fan of either. i think texting is slowly killing me. i feel the arthritis in my fingers every morning when i wake. i wish i had invented the post-it note. i love them.