in between

 here's what's been going on between work and sleep:

last night, i took my older niece out for dinner. she's a sophomore at the University of Michigan, but had never been to The Fleetwood Diner - a one-room little restaurant plastered in stickers and home of Hippie Hash (hash browns with veggies and feta cheese). well, she's been now. :o) (and i got horribly, horribly lost in downtown Ann Arbor. so lost that i drove in circles for 30 minutes trying to find Washtenaw Ave, which i chronicled by making up my own lyrics to Greensleeves.)

Round Two of Christmas cookies are done, and will be mailed out before i go to work today (which means i should package them). 

i wrapped ALL THE THINGS:

and everyone is getting a specially wrapped present from Santa Claus, too:

it turns out that K, J, and Little V are coming a day early - TOMORROW - so tonight will be spent cleaning and toddler-proofing.

E's working tonight and Friday night, and we have to bottle the beer sometime this weekend. i'm doubling down on the antiviral lozenges. i still have to pick up a present for E's mom, and maybe a stocking stuffer or two.

and i'm being verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry patient, waiting for my little Christmas cactus to bloom! will it be white, red, or pink? the suspense is killing me!

off to shower, pack cookies, and run to the post office! hope you're having a wonderful day!