That’s what I’m experiencing right now.

Today has been quite the uneventful day here at work. 90% of the company (or what’s left of the company) is on vacation. The few that are here are off milling about in their respective areas.

So the only answer? Drown myself in pixie stix. It’s a fantastic replacement for lunch, and leaves me feeling jittery and creepy.

Creepy, jittery girl.

It’s my parents fault, really, for providing me with this bag of sugary goodness as a stocking stuffer. Alternatively they also stuffed in a toothbrush and a bag of those 1-time-use floss sticks. I dig the sticks, but the toothbrush lacks those squishy colorful fingers that claim to massage my gums. I do enjoy a good gum massage, and thus, the fingerless brush is less than desirable.

What else did I receive you may ask? Well, I have to say, I did quite well this year. I learned the secret to really getting what you want, and it is more simple than I ever could have imagined.

Ask for it. But don’t just ASK for it. SPELL IT OUT. Here is my list…here are the links. You may purchase them here with your credit card. Free shipping if you act now!

Be specific and be happy.

Ahh yes, though, you’ll still end up with the occasional random gift. Sometimes these can work out beautifully…sometimes you’ll find yourself in the refund/return line at Kohl’s for 2 hours.

Because of my line item Christmas list, I didn’t get a lot of random gifts this year. Though I did give a couple. I gifted Silly Putty, knit slippers (cute, I must admit), multiple packs of chewing gum, candy, candles, and other things just to fill the space. I even bought some of those little metal tubes with the foul-smelling liquid plastic bubbles for my sister. You know you would have enjoyed that present.

I didn’t put up a tree this year. Somehow the time got away from me. I started working with a designer to put together our company holiday card in October. OCTOBER! I started working with vendors to send our holiday gifts in November. I started shopping for my family in early December. And yet somehow, despite my obvious introduction to Christmas at an incredibly early date, I managed to put off, and put off, and put off my silly tree.

You would never even know it was Christmas by looking in my apartment.

Part of that sentence is sad. Because I do so love the holidays, but part of it is fantastic because I now do not have to worry about disassembling a winter wonderland that once was my living room. Last year my tree stayed erect until March. The year before it was April. It became the Easter tree.

So, now I have evaded that issue altogether. All I had to give in return was the lack of the holiday spirit in my humble abode. I ‘spose I can deal with that.

However, in order to make amends for my lack of holiday glee, I chose to adorn myself in Christmas colored apparel during my visit home. Yes, with my red hair, and my red and green holiday ensembles, I was a regular Kris Cringle groupie.

And you know? It felt good. Just spreadin’ the cheer.
Or something like that.
I have some resolutions, by the way.

I usually don’t make resolutions, nor do I keep them when I do. I am making one that might interest you though, reader. I intend to update this silly blog once a week in 2009.
Can I promise you captivating and exciting content each week? No. Probably not. But can I make you feel more exciting simply by the sad truth that I often lead a dull, uneventful existence? Why, surely.

So come back. Read about my life. Leave a comment if you so choose.
If you should somehow find me interesting, tell a friend.
However, please do not be creepy and steal my photos, songs, stories, videos and recreate my likeness on a gaming website. That is not okay.

I mean that in the nicest way, of course.

Creeper.

Have a wonderful New Year. 2008 was a step up from 2007, so I have even higher hopes for the 2009!

-jessica
OH yeah….I never eat the blue pixie stix. I have a pile on my desk if you want them.

“Oh Pancho, Oh! Vixen, Oh! Pedro, Oh! Blitzen,”
Ole! Ole! Ole! cha cha cha.
Mamacita, donde esta Santa Claus?
Oh! Where is Santa Claus?
It’s Christmas Eve.

Guster ~ Donde Esta Santa Claus?