tangy sweet and feminine I just got finished sending my Christmas wish lists to my family. I feel ambivalent about this whole process. My sister's husband makes a ton of money, and so they can spend a ton of money on presents. My husband and I support our family of five off my graduate student stipend of $22,000 per year, as well as some woodworking that my husband does. Normally I don't care, and I just try to find good presents that are inexpensive, but I just feel that my nieces don't appreciate what they get anyway. They get so much, everything is just lost in the bunch. Also, it seems that they like things I'm just not interested in buying, such as movies and video games. I try to get them things that are appealing yet have some more intrinsic value to them, but, eh. I got them each a book last year, but apparently they don't read too much. TV is too much a priority. Their lives are anathema to my way of thinking. So why spend money on something they won't like anyway? I don't know, maybe I'm just being pessimistic, because they have liked my presents in the past. Just not the books. Maybe I'm just depressed because I'm broke. I don't know. My sister got my husband a $50 gift certificate. Geez. I can't even compare. Okay, okay, money isn't the important thing. What am I even talking about anyway? This is boring and meaningless... I have another website on which I can host pictures, so I'll be putting some up as soon as I learn the html to do so. I've got some great ones of my boy. I suppose I can take this moments to go over my stats to prime you for my photo. I'm 5'4", 128 pounds. I'm still losing from when my boy was born, so have another 6-8 pounds to go or so. I look pretty good now, I think, other than the fact that I'm not toned any more from all this baby-making. I ride my bike to work frequently, though, so I'm relatively fit. Just not toned. Hey, I have three kids and I'm in grad school. Give me a break. Moving along... defensive anyone?.. who me? no.... um, blue eyes, short black hair. It's not naturally black, but I was Trinity for Halloween and so I cut and dyed it. Still, I'm getting comments at work. Today's was, "So, are we in the Matrix, or are we not in the Matrix?" Yes, it's getting a bit old, but mostly because I wish I had some sort of witty reply every time it was brought up. I've been enjoying the drink lately. Okay, that means maybe 4 drinks in the last week. A glass of wine with dinner two nights, and last week I got drunk with the neighbors. The two drinks I had with them were probably equivalent to four. Vodka with blue schnapps for the first one, vodka with sweet and sour mix for the second one. Also, some smoking of cigarettes went on, but I won't tell if you won't. My husband keeps calling me smoker! Okay, I had two drags that gave me quite the nice buzz. Oh yes, and I whole-heartedly agree with ionme's comment about having a certain smell on my fingertips... I'd describe the taste as tangy-sweet and feminine. |