Xmas Spirit Away December 07, 2002 - 6:25 p.m.

My body just doesn't know when to sleep. A few hours here. Another hour or two there. It's now six-something, and I have no idea if that's a.m. or p.m.

I'm having shopping issues this Christmas. Usually I know remotely what I want to get for people, and feel good about what I'm actually buying. But this year I'm not getting that.

Every thought and purchase just seems lame. And I don't have the money to do anything really exquisite and phenomenal. Not that I've ever gone in for the whole 'expensive gift-giving' before. It's just that everything seems so average.

Maybe it's old age. Maybe now that we're getting older and have more responsibilites, we have to think about what it is that we actually need around Christmas time, instead of what we truly want.

For instance, my mom wants bedroom furniture. One piece alone is around $200, yet she told me to not spend too much on her. So I could take $50, substitute the real furniture for some Yaffa Blocks, and that wouldn't be what she wanted as well as her still saying I've spent to much. Not quite the ideal gift then.

No, I'm not actualy getting her Yaffa Blocks.

Although, now that I think about it, it wouldn't hurt to get her one set. And I think she's mentioned wanting some before. I could get a set and attach a note to them...

'Clean your room, woman, and then maybe we'll talk about real furniture.'

It seems that I've lost that Christmas Spirit.

Watch where you step.... It's got to be around here somewhere.

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