Christmas in July
Jul. 3rd, 2004 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabrinamariI've just finished watching "Neverwhere". I really enjoyed it. Today has been a somewhat lethargic day, with lots of small project bits and no dissertation work yet. I desperately do not want to work on it. Why? A good question. It's just not that bad. It's pretty cool, actually. After a while, it gets engrossing. So why the resistance? And why does the resistance to the initial ten minutes of starting work never diminish, no matter how long I've been writing?
So strange. I'll have to compel myself to start. As usual.
Yesterday I did some important Christmas and Yule shopping. I'd say I'm 70% done with Yule gift identification and acquisition. I've acquired 96% of my family's gifts and stocking stuffers, updated my 2004 list, labeled everything and I'm about to put it all neatly away until November.
I love the feeling of finding gifts at my convenience rather than at the beck and call of the calender. I love the freedom to buy what I want for each person, rather than rushing through the process just to get it done. I love being able to take advantage of sales at small, local independent boutiques instead of hitting the mall. The mall has its place---work clothes, etc.---but I'd rather not go there to buy tokens of love and appreciation when I don't have to. It's easy to express your delight and appreciation for someone by spotting a small one-of-a-kind item, or finding an obscure but eloquent object that seems to want to fit right into their lives. It's hard to do the same thing on December 15th, or even on the 1st or the 8th, at the mall.
I even found a few small things for my Craft beloveds, and that usually comes later in the year.
Come November, I will spend 2 days wrapping and packing and mailing, and each item will make its way to my dear one without causing me much in the way of pain or stress because of my success in finding so manygood things so early. This spring and summer, I've been able to collect quite a number of delightful things that I hope my family and friends will really enjoy. That makes me happy.
OK, off to work. Sigh.
So strange. I'll have to compel myself to start. As usual.
Yesterday I did some important Christmas and Yule shopping. I'd say I'm 70% done with Yule gift identification and acquisition. I've acquired 96% of my family's gifts and stocking stuffers, updated my 2004 list, labeled everything and I'm about to put it all neatly away until November.
I love the feeling of finding gifts at my convenience rather than at the beck and call of the calender. I love the freedom to buy what I want for each person, rather than rushing through the process just to get it done. I love being able to take advantage of sales at small, local independent boutiques instead of hitting the mall. The mall has its place---work clothes, etc.---but I'd rather not go there to buy tokens of love and appreciation when I don't have to. It's easy to express your delight and appreciation for someone by spotting a small one-of-a-kind item, or finding an obscure but eloquent object that seems to want to fit right into their lives. It's hard to do the same thing on December 15th, or even on the 1st or the 8th, at the mall.
I even found a few small things for my Craft beloveds, and that usually comes later in the year.
Come November, I will spend 2 days wrapping and packing and mailing, and each item will make its way to my dear one without causing me much in the way of pain or stress because of my success in finding so manygood things so early. This spring and summer, I've been able to collect quite a number of delightful things that I hope my family and friends will really enjoy. That makes me happy.
OK, off to work. Sigh.
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Date: 2004-07-04 09:58 am (UTC)