Sort of in the Krampus category.
Christmas used to be great even though I did it all and my ex-wife just sat around and bitched. Now? It's mixed up. Kids too grown to really care like they used to, muddled families and always working around something or somebody.
And it's too damn hot. I spent a week in Memphis around Thanksgiving and it was cold at night. I liked that and was in the Christmas spirit. Now? 80 degrees and thunderstorms and tornadoes? Seems pointless. And empty.
Love my kids and not-my kids immensely. Love my LA friend more than I can ever explain and in a way I never knew existed before her. But this whole Christmas sauna has me unhappy.
I did load up on the Holly Nog. If you haven't had it? I recommend it. The more you drink the better it gets.
Amended...
My not-my daughter just gave me a bluetooth Millennium Falcon speaker and a small book of 50 things she loves and admires about me. I'm gonna cry. Merry Christmas, losers. I got a wonderful life.
If I were to write a book about 50 things I like about you, I should've started 10 years ago. I get to one and have writer's block.
As I lay waiting for Santa, I'm thinking about how blessed or lucky, depending on one's belief system I guess, that most of us are.
Lots of guys out there in deserts and on mountains tonight just hoping they live to see their family again. Folks in hospitals in pain. Bums in alleys just trying not to freeze.
Not to get too mushy but we all have a lot to be thankful for, no matter how bad the cards are we are holding. There are worse hands.
I'm trying to instill in my kids that it's not about the presents and money spent. I know they don't get it now but hopefully they will one day.
Hope all you x'ers have a Merry Chrismas and remember the reason.
And Evan Williams egg nog is da bomb, btw. Received a gift bottle and got into it early yesterday. It made me sleepy.
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