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Feb. 25th, 2008 11:09 amThe advantage of having no time is it concentrates the mind. I have sorted out 2/3 of my presents for Passover in just ten minutes. This is good, because I won't have time for window-shopping and finding perfect presents this time round.
Now all I have to do wait for delivery and put labels on things. This time round labels matter. One cannot give a flavoured coffee to a wine expert, for instance.
I should be over my 'how much work can I fit into a day and be sick as well' period by tomorrow afternoonish, at which time I will get back to looking at book openings and the characters within them, I promise. Until then, I can rejoice that I bought 16 presents in ten minutes. The fact that they're all coffee is entirely immaterial. They are good and virtuously PC coffee and nice coffee and good-sized bags and all I have to do is avoid giving my expert sister a flavoured one and my ultra-kosher sister any at all. I think I might wait for delivery and wait for Mum to return from a series of family weddings on the other side of the world then get her help in assigning them. Add them to the four presents I have and, as I said, 2/3 of my shopping is done. And I still have nearly two months before the festival!!
I just had a thought. Maybe I don't have to buy ten more presents. Maybe the absent nephews can manage without. I did a very clever thing when they were little and established a precedent of presents only when I see them, because I always forget birthdays and because I have thirteen nieces and nephews and it could have all become a bit much - so none of them expect presents if they don't see me. This means I only have seven presents to go! Only two tricky ones, too.
Excuse me please, while I act smug for three minutes.
Now all I have to do wait for delivery and put labels on things. This time round labels matter. One cannot give a flavoured coffee to a wine expert, for instance.
I should be over my 'how much work can I fit into a day and be sick as well' period by tomorrow afternoonish, at which time I will get back to looking at book openings and the characters within them, I promise. Until then, I can rejoice that I bought 16 presents in ten minutes. The fact that they're all coffee is entirely immaterial. They are good and virtuously PC coffee and nice coffee and good-sized bags and all I have to do is avoid giving my expert sister a flavoured one and my ultra-kosher sister any at all. I think I might wait for delivery and wait for Mum to return from a series of family weddings on the other side of the world then get her help in assigning them. Add them to the four presents I have and, as I said, 2/3 of my shopping is done. And I still have nearly two months before the festival!!
I just had a thought. Maybe I don't have to buy ten more presents. Maybe the absent nephews can manage without. I did a very clever thing when they were little and established a precedent of presents only when I see them, because I always forget birthdays and because I have thirteen nieces and nephews and it could have all become a bit much - so none of them expect presents if they don't see me. This means I only have seven presents to go! Only two tricky ones, too.
Excuse me please, while I act smug for three minutes.