Absolutely nothing!
Best gifts so far this year were:
1. A spiffy Phillips Wake Up Light HF3520! I asked Santa for this because I have been struggling a bit with sleep. Sure, most likely due to staying up late, studying, and chatting with Thomas but also waking up is SUCH a bear :( This is an "alarm" clock that works using light instead of that horrid blaring alarm sound or, as much as I like it, my iPhone alarm that plays music. The idea behind this is that it is supposed to simulate natural sunrise and wake you up more gently and refreshed. I requested the nicer spiffier one that has a bed time setting as well so that it will simulate the setting sun, thus triggering melatonin and helping me fall asleep better. I wanted to try this before taking drugs like valium (which my shrink keeps offering) or even over the counter melatonin supplements. I figure, if I can trigger it "naturally" why pop the pill? We shall see. I have it all set up and ready to go and shall see how well it works this week when I am working from home so it's not a terribly big deal if I sleep through it. Stay tuned for the results of my experiment!
2. I also got a new charm for my Pandora bracelet! Think Geek actually has some geek themed charms so I am now the proud new owner of a 20 sided die sterling silver clip :)
The rest of the stuff was your general pajamas, a gorgeous new scarf, some neat new books NOT SCHOOL RELATED! lol that I had asked for, and various and sundry little things. I am way big into GIVING presents. I love getting them but I much more enjoy the giving part. I will say I was a HUGE hit with the neat Left Hand Path beer glasses I got Thomas:
I also got him this super fun Edgar Allen Poe magnetic poetry set!
A few books and a nice shaving kit by Everyman Jack rounded out what I got him:
For the Gentlemen who follow me, I highly recommend this brand and this particular scent. I confess that I truly dislike traditionally "female" perfumes because they are always so flowery. I do wear Opium by Yves Saint Laurent for fancy dress up and work some days and this scent goes far better with it than any others I have found. I started out just using the deodorant as most ladies deodorant smells all…girly. When I fell in love with the scent, I got the body wash to go with. I loved it so much that I got the whole nice full size dop kit sampler for Thomas. Now we both smell delicious and because every scent is altered slightly when it mingles with a person's individual body chemistry, we don't smell the same :)
P was very exasperated with Merlin this morning as when she opened her stocking, she had a small little lunch size apple that the local grocery store Wegmans carries. She looked at it and he said it was a "mini apple" just like she wanted! The look on her face was priceless as she had been asking for an Apple iPad mini for MONTHS. Merlin played up the whole "mini apple" thing and she was polite but you could tell she was sort of let down at his joke. All was not lost though, as she opened the very last box and inside it were a dozen little boxes all mixed in with tissue paper and as she opened each, they had a little treat or a dollar bill in them. She was a good sport and had pretty much given up on the iPad mini but at the very bottom of the box was one last wrapped box and in it was: yes! Her new Apple iPad mini :) She actually held back on the celebration until the cellophane was off that box and she actually saw it was inside and not another trick by Merlin :) She was elated and now is all grown up with her VERY own, not a hand me down, iPad Mini.
The last little piece of good news is that Alpha and I were exchanging texts while the kids were all opening gifts this morning and my unexpected Christmas gift from him?
A job offer.
Yup. It's official. He offered me a job for Christmas. Oh my goodness that made me smile. So, on that front, it is not a full time position as it's basically helping him with a start up. So I would essentially be sort of a consultant while I finished my time with my current place to pay off the school I just finished and work on beefing up my experience. And working with him as needed which will:
Best Case Scenario: snowball into something amazing awesome cool exciting and helping him from the ground up!
Worst Case Scenario: getting to work with him, having a great time, and getting a ton of experience. If it doesn't take off, no harm no foul. If it does? Wow. Could be amazing :)
So, yes, very excited and looking forward to the new year and new adventures.
On that note, I am going to lay back, watch some old episodes of Columbo and read and enjoy this day off.
Sweet Dreams, Y'all!
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