A Giving Season

Ahh, Christmas Day. Forever the hope of little kids and really anybody.

It has been a very relaxed Christmas. My Granny is in town for a few days, which is cool. I don't get to see her that often, especially since Ive been gone for so long. I've just been hanging out all day with the fam, which was fun.

I think my favorite part of Christmas this year was giving my mom her present. I was kind of stuck on what I wanted to give her, so I went downtown and was wandering around, hoping for something to jump out and grab me. It finally did, but not how I expected. I walked past a frame shop and an idea planted itself in my head. I went in, got a frame, went back to my house and grabbed my book of stuff I had drawn in Boston. Next stop: Carra's house for her expertise in helping me frame one of the few drawings I've made that I am happy with. She helped me cut it out and decide that I really should keep the edge of shading on the picture. She was very protective of it, as a matter of fact.

So it was a handmade Christmas present, just like in the olden days of preschool, but it went over pretty well. I made her cry, which was either really good, or really bad. Haha, well, I had fun giving it, and I can only hope she will enjoy it.

Weird (sidebar-I can not for the life of me spell "weird" without spellcheck). As far as I can ever remember, Christmas has been the time I look forward to because I GET something. This is the first time I honestly would not have cared an ounce if I got nothing. I just wanted to give people their gifts. Some kind of growing up thing maybe. Man, I hope not. I like being an irresponsible youth, hellbent on whatever the devil it is young people do these days.


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