I Am the Grinch!
I am the Grinch that stole Christmas around here. I have no desire to decorate, put up a tree, or make any plans for the holiday. It's all a lot of work to me and I don't need more work, I need a vacation. My neighbors were busy decorating their front yard last weekend and asked (for the 3rd year in a row) if they could plug some of their decorations into our outside outlet because they didn't want to run a cord across their driveway. I said it would be okay for that day only until after the contest judging and after that I would need the outlet to plug in my golf cart. My thought was if they had so darn many decorations that needed lit up, then maybe they should have an outside outlet of their own or a long enough extension cord to run up and across their carport to the other side of their driveway. Yes, I am a scrooge ...so deal with it. The neighbor man made fun of me for not having any decorations up, so I went inside to check on Gary and put a package by the front window and set a stuffed teddy bear on it and a stuffed penguin that Dan had bought for our dogs for Christmas. I then asked the neighbor - "does it look like too much?" lol
I did manage to do some online shopping and ship off a package to the kids in Colorado, I got Kelly's (caregiver) gift and a gift for our gal who brings communion on Sundays, but so far that's all I've done. I have the ingredients here to do some baking but don't want all those sweets setting around tempting me when all I've done is gain back weight over the last six months, so I'm refusing to bake any goodies. I cook when I have to, not because I want to and anyone who wants to complain can take over that job! I'll be happy to hand it over on silver platter!
I just can't get in the spirit - it seems it's just the same crap, different day around here, year after year. I also have no desire to go the potlucks lately as it seems that if the parking lots are already full, there's definitely not going to be a good place to sit inside. If we aren't near an exit when Gary has to use a bathroom, we'd be in a real mess as I can't get him in the bathrooms at the clubhouse. The last thing I need after busting my butt to get him cleaned up and out for the evening is to have to deal with a messy cleanup on top of everything just because I can't get him into a bathroom there.
Our roofers finished up the new roof over Dan's room last week, but had to come back this week to clean up the tar mess they let drip down the back side of the house and after-spray they got all over my air conditioning units at the back of that room. I held back the final payment until they got it all cleaned up even though the foreman promised they would come back and do the cleanup. If I had a dime for every time I heard that promise from a contractor who never followed up, I'd have been rich a long time ago. lol
I'm starting to get too grouchy for myself.....maybe I need a nap - I was up at least twice during the night to hold a urinal or let the dogs out. If I'm lucky, I might get 1/2 hr. nap in before someone starts yelling that he has to go to the bathroom again!
Sarah
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