Christmas - Take 23

As I counted the new wrinkles on each of my cousins faces and attempted to total them together I had to consider the theory that I may, one day, get old and wrinkly too.

That's one of the things I got out of my Christmas...how about you?

And I'm alone now

Wanna here a poem I wrote on Aug. 16, 2005?

Something I've said lately
Has struck me below my own belt
And now there's a monster in my stomach
And the faith I kept in my pocket
For some rainy day
Seems to have gone through the wash
My feelings have been drained away
And in their place lies staticy reprise

Good morning?

So much for sleeping in today.
I was jolted awake by loads of pounding noises and a child cry-screaming. The, 7ish-year-old was outside banging on the window below mine and rattling the door leading in to the apartment like there was no tomorrow.
Anyway. I glared out my window for awhile trying to understand why there was a kid in his PJs wearing winter boots crying hysterically out side my window. After a second or two of waking up I realized maybe he was stuck out there...so I got my housecoat on (his parents were probably ignoring the banging to teach him a lesson - morons) went outside and said 'what's up little guy' and he said 'I was, sniffle, bored so I, sniffle, wanted to get toys out, sniffle, of the truck.' I was worried he was going to say his parents left him out there as some sort of punishment...anyway so he went back into apartment 205 and I sat up in my bed with my heart pounding because of all that sudden craziness.
Poor kid.

Hi

Jasmine named a girl in Korea after me. I was really touched.
Jasmine said she would keep naming girls 'Meghan' if I wanted - I said OK. Korea won't know what hit it.

I decorated my giant bamboo the other day. There are lights and five ornaments draped over the poor thing - it's sagging from all the festivity.

Heather and I got a free giant '70s orange dirty couch and a matching really dirty chair for our living room. I never really thought I was a crazy germ phob. but each time I sit down on the couch (it's taking me a bit longer to warm to the chair) I feel like germs are being absorbed into my bum.

DON'T JUDGE ME

I actually screamed something like that to one of the assistants at work today. I walked into the office and forgot what I was doing there - so I sort of stopped for a second or two, thought for a bit about what I was doing and then said to that assistant "wow I forgot what I was doing for a second." She said nothing and just wrinkled up her face and made this you're-strage-and-crazy-and-I'm-bettter-than-you face. 'JUDGMENTAL' I screeched as I kept walking to finish the task I had almost forgotten. I know people like her have very small self-esteems and are only outwardly confident but my ego gets nocked down a bit every time someone like her opens their mouth. She hasn't talked to me since...she doesn't usually talk to me but I'm convinced she's mad at me.