Just a Few Grievances…
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate! I’ll be pulling out my Festivus mug (yes, I really have one) and airing a few grievances today. Let’s get right into it. I was at Target on Wednesday and saw this: No, no, no! We should NOT be subjected to Valentine’s merchandise on December 20th!!! Halloween in August… okay. Christmas in October… bring it on! But Valentine’s Day in December- absolutely not. It hurt my soul to see that. Second grievance: have I mentioned my daughter is going to ROME? The high school band is going to Rome on December 27th to march in the New Year’s Day parade there. I know- what an incredible experience for her. The thing is, in addition to making cookies and wrapping presents, I’m also following the weather in Rome and trying to make sure my daughter has a warm jacket, an outlet converter, gloves, and all sorts of other things I wouldn’t normally think about right before Christmas. Today I waltzed into my bank to get Euros, which I planned to put in her stocking. Did you know you have to order them? Did I know that??? When my son went to London four years ago, I thought I just walked in and changed dollars to pounds. It takes two business days, so not only would I not have them for Christmas, but we would not even get them by the 27th. Ack! So today I’m sending my husband on a “fun” errand to the mall, where I believe they have a money exchange kiosk (for a small fee, of course) He may have a few grievances of his own to air after that outing. Lastly, I hated Love Actually. Yes, I watched it to fulfill my Friday Christmas Challenge (to watch a Christmas movie I’ve never seen.) Now, I will admit that maybe I didn’t give it a fair chance. I was wrapping presents while I watched it, so I wasn’t giving it my full attention. But I thought the plot lines were cheesy and predictable, and I didn’t care about any of the characters. My husband didn’t really want to watch it. He kept saying things like “Why don’t we watch It’s a Wonderful Life?” I’VE SEEN THAT. “How about Hannah and Her Sisters?” THAT’S NOT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE. Finally he agreed to Love Actually. Then when I suggested turning it off halfway through, he said he wanted to see how it ended. Yes, he liked it! So I guess the evening wasn’t wasted? Plus, I’ve always felt like I missed out on something by not seeing that movie- so at least I have no more Love Actually FOMO. That’s it! We’ll be going out for our Festivus bagels today, wrapping presents, and watching Polar Express. The usual activities for December 23rd. Are you off of work now? – I have to work Festivus morning, but only until 1. Then I don’t work again till Tuesday- the holidays can begin! Do you like Love Actually? – I hope this isn’t going to turn into another “Last Christmas” situation, where everyone likes it but me. Do you have any grievances to air?