Christmas us coming!

Oh da lay, Christmas is on the way. We are well under way getting ready for the Christmas holidays. Last night Rachel spent 3 hours wrapping presents while I put the 5X7 pictures of kids on Santa's lap in matching addressed envelopes. We have a ton of presents in my bedroom, but no tree. We decided that a tree was going to be a lot of effort with very little payoff since we'll be gone until January. This weekend we go to San Antonio for a family Christmas party, next weekend is Houston for a friend's party. On the 24th, I get to work from 8-5, and then I'm completely done until January 7th. We leave for Mexico on the 26th for Jaomi and Jessica's wedding and get the hang there until we come back on the 2nd. I absolutely can't wait to get to San Miguel. To be honest, i really couldn't care less about Christmas, this year it's all about San Miguel. I was there 2 summers ago and wanted to move there I loved it so much.

So, it's going to be a long month. I have two certification tests to take next week which I'm going to have to somehow find the time to study for this weekend, an impossible task of over 1200 pages of technical documentation to read. Leopard Client and Server Essentials. Doesn't that sound fun? I think a bullet in the foot would be less painful.

And speaking of pain, I had a strange dream last night. My teeth were all loose, especially my bottom right canine. It freaked me out, so I was frantically brushing my teeth, (in the dream) and the toothpaste kept foaming and foaming, it was like I had Diet Coke and Mentos in my mouth. As I was spitting out the foam, I spit out blood and teeth along with it. Oddly enough, it was only the bottom right side of my mouth that was all gums.

Tonight is Carey and Amy's dinner party, lets the games begin. I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas, and New Year, we'll be in touch!

And now, a photographer

If getting paid to do a job is what qualifies a person as a "professional" at that job, then I suppose after this weekend, I became a "professional" photographer. It's something I've always enjoyed doing, taking pictures, but more as a hobby rather than a way of making money. After Saturday, I think I'm in the wrong line of work. I'm not going to be tacky and state how much I made, but it's basically the same as one of my paychecks I get from Apple every two weeks. I couldn't believe it! Now, I'm no professional, and to be quite honest, I don't think the pictures turned out as well as I would have liked. If this is something I'm going to continue, I will definitely need to invest in some better lighting!

The guy playing Santa was an interesting fella as well. A psycho-therapist by day, a clown, magician and Santa by night. I don't know what he really looked like, but a nicer guy I've never met. We sat around between pictures taking about comic books, Sci-Fi, and being right brained. I remember thinking to myself, "I could BE this guy in 20 years."

In seeing 85 small children in a row, I was surprised at how different their little personalities were. Some were terrified of Santa, others acted embarrassed, while even more were as excited as they could be. Sure, I knew kids had personalities before Saturday, but I had no idea how distinct, developed, and unique they could all be at such young ages. Needless to say, it was a lot of fun.