Runnin' around like a chicken with it's head cutoff? Trying to do four things at once with two hands and a couple feet? Gotta nail in that shoe - and you step left... no, wait... right... ahm, this way.. NO, thataway!
Welcome to Miami........ no, wait, that ain't it.
Welcome to Christmas Eve Eve.
Are you up this early, leavin', on a jet plane... do your feet stink for when the TSA dude, dudette hollers "Shoes off"? Uber's never late are they? Is it snowing? Where you're going is it? Ya got enough clothes packed for both kinds of weather?
Victor...... we stay home for Christmas...... Oh. House clean? Dusted since Biden was in office? The bathroom.... ya got any old age 'dribblers' in your household? Better getta Swiffer for infronta the stool. Pew. Nuff TP? Bathroom drawers in order? (People look.)
WAIT! You're driving across the State? Ya checked them tires for steel belts stickin' out? Do they still use steel belts? That sticker in the upper lefthand corner.. WHAT? You ain't had an oil change in 11,694 miles?
WAIT, WHAT? Before the Football Season ever started you did a home equity thing and got four tickets to The Chiefs and The Broncos on Christmas evening, for you, Uncle Albert, Cousin Eddie and Little Jimmy for $417 each? Close your ears, they're on Tickets For Less today at $36 apiece. Sorry. Eh, it's ok. At least we can spell the last name of our quarterback. Oops.
Have the cats rearranged the lights, ornaments on your Christmas tree? Ripped into the packages? Did Fido done lap up all the water from the Christmas stand? And where is Joey's pet boa?
Do you have a carton of cigs?........... FOR? For when you get nervous, bite your nails and hope, pray, wonder if all those Amazon Prime gifts will be here for Christmas. "I'll be home for Christmas, you can count on me." Yes, but can you count on Bezos? Does Bezos deliver to you creatures in Mehico?
FOOD? BOUGHT? COOKED? Or, are you a male piggy and "that's her job"? Don't worry if you forgot something.... yesterday there were still 7 grocery carts left just inside the door at Wally World... no parking spots (I parked next door at Cracker Barrel), but, 7 empty carts. Milk? HAHAHAHAHA!
Soooooooooooooooooooo? What, don't we discuss this year around the dinner table? Politics? Weight? Whether your favorite stadium is in Kansas or Missouri?
Do we have enough chairs for everyone when we go open presents? If not, are there folks there that are under the age of 64 that can still get up off the floor by their lonesome?
OK, I agree, probably a stupid blog.
What is real.... and real important is all the love that will be shared. Most of us don't spend enough time with the ones we love the most. So, we gotta make the most of it.
Imperfection happens. Rice casseroles will be dropped (maybe on purpose). Disappointment has trouble hiding on the faces of those that may not have just opened what you thought was the perfect gift. (It's ok, you may get it regifted in 2027)..
A strand of lights will go out. We'll eat too much. Children, and Uncle Charlie, will crash early from exhaustion. Fifi will chew through that damn sweater you put on her.
People watching and people loving is the theme. It goes all too swiftly.
I remember YEARS ago paying one arm, one leg to purhcase a truly wonderful, weighing 12 pounds, video camera to ensure everything was recorded so we could go forward years and years to revisit the time. Close your ears. I have no idea where those VHS tapes are today,
I thought it was Melania that said "Be better" but, she actually said "Be Best." It was Michelle, in 2016 that said "Be better at evertything" - and that's my message to you. Do as I say, not as I do............ Pictures. Videos. Treasuring today, tomorrow.
Merry Christmas!
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