Spending tonight decoration our tree. David picked it out... it's a smaller than previous years' Evergreen. But at least it's not a Charlie Brown Christmas tree (that would have made me teary).
Pine Needles everywhere. But house smeels great.
The dog is very scared. She stares at it from a distance and sniffs the pine scented air. She's not sure what to make of this coniferous creation.
Tomorrow, I'm going Christmas shopping in Buffalo. I'm definitely going to exceed the maximum allowance for my personal exemptions. I'll have to be creative with my purchases.
Shhhhhh! Don't tell the Canadian custom's officers.
After tomorrow, I have one more week to endure... then it's over! I say my farewells and leave the misery behind me.
Ten things I have taken from this experience:
10) A year supply of Xerox paper
9) Pretty colourful Post-Its and Highlighters
8) A cold, the flu and another cold (currently battling)
7) A bottle of non-alcohol Buckley's cough suppressant (Looks like arsenic, tastes like death, DOES NOT WORK and I can't even get a buzz off it!)
6) The Director’s parking spot
5) Production swag up the Wazoo (How many Production t-shirts can a girl wear?)
4) Coal miner's lung
3) An acquired taste for foot-in-mouth
2) A sharpening of my acerbic wit
1) The delicious feeling of vindication
Company Christmas parties and Gay men. These are today's topics.
Last Sunday David and I attended his company's Christmas celebration. In previous years, the company hosted a formal dinner at a lovely poshy place du jour. This year, having recently been bought out by American investors, the company decided to forsake the conventional sit down dinner and opted for a contemporary nightery finger food affair.
BIG MISTAKE!
A) Too few waiters carrying too few h'orderves.
B) One bar, three bartenders and thirty people in line for drinks.
C) Standing room only.
D) All this mayhem taking place on a Sunday night.
D MINUS!
The only glittery silver lining of the whole night was cabaret drag-travaganza, a variety of accomplished female impersonators lip syncing and dancing to lively songs. (Did I fail to mention that one of the new owners is gay?) I had my fill of eye candy with shirtless gay elves dancing around a drag Mariah Carey. It's the company's version of "The Nutcracker" with Sugar Plumb Fairies dancing about.
LOVED IT!
I love flamboyantly gay men, they appeal to my fun loving don't take yourself too seriously sensibility; and gay men adore me, clearly because I'm spunky, fiery and down right fabulous! (It's true! I've been told this on several occasions, and I believe every word of it.)
Have an EXTREME CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
Today David and I celebrate our 13th year anniversary. On December 11th, 1993 we went on our first date… dessert and a movie.
Thursday, December 9th, 1993 - G.S.H. Academy
HE ASKED ME OUT!!! He said, "Do you want to go check out a movie on Friday or Saturday?" When I got off the phone, I danced around my room. I'm so happy!
Saturday, December 11th, 1993 - G.S.H. Academy
David took me out for dessert before the movie (My Life). I had to make the first move with the handholding. He’s really shy.
When he drove me home, he didn’t even try to kiss me. I had to be aggressive and make the first move. I was determined to get a goodnight kiss out of him...
Yes, I am one of those girls, the ones who marry their high school sweetheart. Who would have predicted the outcome of a simple high school romance? Not me. At eighteen I thought, “What an antiquated notion, marrying your high school boyfriend.”
These lips wanted to kiss a number of frogs before finding price charming.
There are a lot of things that I would do differently, in retrospect, but marrying David is not one of them.
Happy “First Date” Anniversary to us!
