The littlest angel

I am much less woe is me today, thanks to 1) a bunch of my wonderful flist pointing out to me that when they had been on the pinch hit list, they ended up with wonderful stories and not to despair, and 2) picking up an extra for a pinch hit person and getting up with time to spare, because what better way is there to get over your own self-pity than by doing something for someone else?

I'm just letting this insane stress of trying to get so much stuff done before I head off to the east coast that I am more unstable than usual (saying a lot, as I think I'm one of the least stable people I've ever met). Stress is my natural state of being, enough so that the times I get sick most often are the times I am relaxed and stress-free. But this is far worse than normal and I need to chill, but OMG so much to do.

Today I was able to at last go pick up a present for dad, and I also found some wonderful, inexpensive pants so I can have a pair of nice pants to bring on the trip. Yay.

Also I have pics of cat torment. I borrowed the angel wings feochadn got for her cat on Halloween, and put them on Blues. I know better than to even try to put them on miss grumpypants Olive. OMG, he was so angry. But he looked adorable and the more he hated me, the funnier it was. Poor kitties.

( Poor little angel baby Blues )

The goose is getting fat

OMG Yuletide's almost here! (but not yet)

And so is Santa!

I got the suitcases out to start packing after a day of running an absurd amount of errands (ha, I typed errors first) (why the frak is everyone closed at noon today? Dude, it's a one-day holiday!). The kitties both got really upset. Blues is especially sulky, almost afraid. I think they'd probably rather I got the vacuum out.

It's been weird not having a tree this year. Even when I was in San Diego at holiday time taking care of sis_r, I still put a tree up. But it just didn't seem worth it when I was going to be gone so long. It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all, and I've always loved decorating and feeling Christmassy, heathen that I actually am.

But I just now took a small break in the busyness to watch Band of Brothers, Crossroads, and some of the extra materials (there are really not enough). My GOD I love that series.

ETA: Hey, remember that fabulous video I posted here a few weeks ago with the guy who has synchronized lights to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas thing? He's got one for Blue Christmas, too. AWEsome.