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Christmas is Almost Here and I Haven't Bought Any Toothpaste
December 20, 2007The title of this post is, of course, a reference to Alert Shopper Tammy's rumored habit of buying toothpaste and putting it in stockings. Of course, I would never suggest such a thing because I have no proof.
Yesterday was Wednesday and I woke up with horrible ear pain. That is, a pain that was horrible and located in my ear. I thought I must have an ear infection, and so called and made an appointment with my doctor. Not only did I have some sort of ear infection but I had a bonus sinus infection. That is, a pain that was located in my sinuses. You can't appreciate a sinus infection until you visit the doctor and he presses right on your sinuses and holds there until you start to cry like a little girl.
Now I have a super antibiotic which hunts down and kills your typical biotic. Assuming I have typical biotics I should be feeling better by Christmas. The super antibiotic has the side effect of "unusual or unpleasant taste in your mouth" which I can confirm. It's like you've eating aluminum shavings or something. Not that I do that regularly.
The Christmas shopping is almost complete. The kids will be thrilled with their iPod Touchs, digital cameras, Nintendo DSs, and new Hummers. (The kids sometimes read the blog so I have to plant disinformation.) I'm not a very good shopper. On the one hand, I don't want to buy anything that is practical, because there's always time later to buy toothpaste and soap. On the other hand, I don't want to buy anything superfluous because there are very few things that a child will actually play with beyond December. So I go out and look for something cool and practical but not too practical that will captivate the gift receiver and be used for more than a few weeks. I think there's only one thing that fits that description, and that's money but money doesn't make for an exciting Christmas morning.
I will say that as we get closer to Christmas some sort of brain damage ensues - or perhaps temporary insanity - and almost everything looks like a good gift. I was as Barnes and Noble tonight and was browsing books and saw something on the sale shelf about the Civil War and thought, "The kids might enjoy that." Or when I was in a checkout lane at another store and was looking over all of the garbage they put there and thought, "Hm, that Visine looks good. Oh, a lint roller. And look, lighters!"
Sigh. Brain damage.
Comments
Adam's advice about the antibiotic is - don't take it - but if you have to keep water by your bed. He's taken the same stuff many times. I, on the other hand, take issue with the phrase "cry like a girl" I live in a house full of men and I have heard crying that wasn't coming from me or the dog!
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: beth | December 21, 2007 5:13 PM