the tree, the tree

So. I've still got cards to do, even if I don't compose a letter to go with it. Or at the very minimum, one card, because I already did the envelope for that one, and my mom signed it already.

And then the xmas tree, because if I don't get it up before xmas, it won't feel right putting it up afterwards. There's a toddler in the house; my niece and her daughter are staying with me again (at least part-time, anyway), so I think it would be nice for them too to have a tree up.

Oh, and 2 things to research and order. After ordering my mom a laptop as a xmas gift, I was so pleased at having gotten it done in a single evening (not counting the trip to Best Buy to look at some laptops in person), that I thought I could handle asking my niece and nephew what they would like as gifts too, rather than resorting only to a hodge-podge gift box routine this year.

But hey, at least I am on vacation as of today. I have an out-of-town trip on Sunday, so that leaves me about 2.5 days to get things done before xmas eve. Although the ordering of those other 2 gifts can wait I think; no need to have them in hand by xmas.

omg, and then there's still Star Wars to go see...

it's grey and cloudy out

But I just remembered, it's the winter solstice today... in 6 hours, tonight.

..

It's grey and cloudy out
Do you wanna shout or go about exclaiming,
it's the solstice day tonight.
Whoo rah, whoo rah.
The tree will come out, and the tree will go up,
on the solstice day, the solstice night.
Ding aling aling.