Number 3hree
You may have noticed that I was a bit frustrated with the blog of late.
I may have made some threats. Been slightly insulting. Really. I didn't mean it. It was the booze talking. All those uppers. The electric eel in my shorts.
It was good to take a little blog break, though. And I do still intend to try and do some blog surgery when I can, but Madhavi's mum is flying in from Australia tomorrow so I expect that I may be a little busy.
I haven't ever really met Madhavi's mum before. She was in town once, long ago, when we were just housemates. So I didn't really pay her much mind. Now she's my almost mother-in-law.
And the holidays are coming! Luckily my family does not particularly go in for the whole spend a lot of money on gifts thing. So the fact that my family has just doubled in size shouldn't be too terrible. I will, however, be spending Christmas eve at my in-law's. Never done anything like that before.
Once, when I first moved to SF, my housemates and I had a tree and we exchanged gifts on Christmas morning. I got a wee chair salvaged from a kindergarten class. I still have it. The wee chair.
That's pretty much been my entire Christmas experience. A wee chair.
Boy. Intermarriage is fun! Whole new holidays!
So I guess I'm a little anxious about Mum-in-law. Jane. She sounds agreeable, but ten days of entertaining your fiancee's mother might be less than relaxing.
Good thing my boss is back off to Europe again tomorrow. That should take some heat off at work, at least.
There's a staff meeting today at 3:00. A surprise one. I wonder what they'll say? Here are some possibilities:
1) You're all fired.
2) Due to budget cuts, we're going to start using computers purchased from TWA and SBC.
3) We're going to close the office for the week between Xmas and New Years. (oh please!)
4) I'm really a man trapped in a woman's body.
5) Do. Not. Move! There's a big ugly spider on your head.
6) In order to boost ticket sales we're booking Motorhead for February.
7) We just wanted to call everyone together to thank Zack for being such a swell guy! Here's to you Zack!
8) It comes to our attention that some of you are blogging. Will those people please put these blindfolds on and stand against the wall.
9) We will be instituting a manditory square dance lesson policy. Please grab your partner.
10) There is no Santa Claus.
I'm pulling for number three.
