Hi! It’s me! Lily!
So this morning I worked. Work work work work. Just another day of stocking and selling horrifically unhealthy stuff to people who really want horrifically unhealthy stuff. My work doesn’t change the world. But I guess it keeps people fueled up to be able to get to Houston or Dallas or wherever it is they’re heading.
After I got home, Sabby took Beth, me, and David to the mall. After all, Dave’s birthday is coming up, and it’s time to get him a present! But I still didn’t know what to get him. Sooo many shops at the mall, and it’s still really hard to figure out what to get him. An electric tie-holder? A hard-hat shiner? I was soooo confused. Finally I went to a place called “Cool and Eclectic” and found one of those fake neon signs for his “man-cave” (that’s what he calls the garage, the silly billy). Oops. I shouldn’t say that here. Oh well, he doesn’t read this. I thought being a guy he’d like shiny, lighty things. Sabby sighed and told me that I was probably right, it was probably a good present, and damn it all.
I asked her if something’s wrong, and she said she knew she’d get tired of seeing it, and that he’d probably want another. I just sighed and said he was hard to shop for, and if it was a good present I was getting it. She looked resigned but agreed.
Beth got him some cologne from the bath and body place, and David went to Brookstone and got him something there too. I asked Sabby what she was going to get him, and she said she ordered something off of Amazon. I smacked my forehead and told Sabby that I need to open an Amazon account. She told me that was a terrible idea because it was way too easy to spend too much, and the mall was a pretty good idea after all.
I agreed, and I still think it’s a good idea. Maybe I will anyway. It’ll make it easier to send Jack a present every now and then too. I don’t think Sabby will die on that hill.
Speaking of Jack, I still need to figure out how to “get him back” for those chocolates. Maybe it’ll have to wait till I see him next. And Jack knows exactly what I mean by that. 💋
So, um… Operation Buy Dave a Present accomplished. I guess we just have to wait for his birthday now. I told Sabby that she probably should lay off the cookies this time. She looked a bit offended, but then deflated. “I guess I did go a bit overboard, didn’t I?”
“Just a bit. I think Liz’s family still has some frozen and they didn’t even get the worst of it.”
She sighed. “I just… it’s just how I tell everyone I love them.”
I hugged her. “I know. But we don’t need cookies to know that.”
So then we went to the food court and got some goodies after our shopping. We got home and hid our presents so Dave didn’t see. Dave was in a grilling mood so he made us a delicious dinner. Liz came over and ate with us, and then she, Beth and I went up and played games and brushed each other’s hair. She stayed the night, though we had to go to bed at a decent time. I love it when Liz stays over. It’s so much fun!
You know, a lot of stuff happened before Christmas. A lot. So much. I learned who I was, I fell in love, I met my birth mother, I found out I had money… and I really just like these quiet family days the best.