today is the day after yesterday

updating this blog was on my to-do list today.
i think i forgot that i put that sweet potato and broccoli blog up to extend my opportunity to think of something worthy of reading. i'm sorry to say that i haven't really thought of anything that great.

i'm listening to music, and 'ziggy stardust' just came on. i have a mess in my room that needs cleaning. i haven't really dug into 'the golden compass' yet. though i read it last year, but i was hoping to re-read it before seeing the movie. i'm willing to accept that that is becoming less likely. it was 70-something degrees in austin today. more of the same the next couple of days.

i'm kind of in denial about christmas happening in a couple of days. i'm so not into it but now i feel this pressure to finish getting gifts together, etc. i realize that all i have slated to give my mom is a tongue scraper. she has all of the other things i was going to get her. dammit. maybe i could adopt a sheep or something in her honor. 'merry christmas mom! i hope you like this piece of paper with a lamb i drew on it. and this tongue scraper. yay oral hygiene!' that's just depressing. maybe i'll have to go with my brother's idea of going in on some spa-thing for her. seems like such a cop-out mom gift. maybe i'll have a brain breakthrough in the next day and a half.

i've gotten a lot of stuff done in the past couple of hours which is good because i wasn't sure if taking a nap at 630pm would be a good idea for setting me up for the rest of the evening. but i actually scratched a few things off the to-do list that have been there for about a week. so that feels good. still a few things to go, but i think i'm going to take a break once the clock hits 11pm CST. maybe time to do some simultaneous phone-chatting and room-cleaning.